"There is no reason to require this world must have a beginning. The concept of all things must have a beginning is really due to poorly thought of us. (Bertrand Russell)
There are three schools of thought about the world origin. Thought to be the first school of the existing world of nature and nature is not a knowledge power. However, nature is administering own under the natural harmony and always changing.
Monday school of thought says that the world was created by the Almighty God is responsible for everything.
Tuesday school of thought says that the beginning of the world and life can not be realized because they have no beginning and no end. Buddhism in the schools Tuesday. Bertrand Russell philosopher endorsed this school says, "There is no reason to believe that this world has a beginning. This conception of things must have a beginning really thought so poorly of us. "
Modern science says that in the last few million years, the earth has just cool no life and life is derived from the oceans. Buddhism never declared the world, the sun, moon, stars, wind, water, day and night are created by an omnipotent god or by a Buddha. Buddhists believe that this world is not created once, but this world has been generated millions of times per second and kept so on and will disintegrate by itself. According to Buddhism, world systems always appear and disappear in the universe.
HG Wells, in his Brief History of the World says: "Generally everyone recognized that the universe in which we live, with everything comes already exists in a very long time and have shown Organic infinitum. But the idea that the universe in which we live, only six or seven thousand current year may be considered as a completely outdated idea. No public life suddenly appeared on Earth. "
Efforts by many religions to explain the beginning and the end of the universe naturally lack of awareness. The stance of the religious offering views of the universe was created by God right in a certain year, has become a difficult position viable in the light of modern knowledge and science .
Today, scientists, historians, astronomers, biologists, botanists, anthropologists and great thinkers, all contributed new knowledge about the origin of the world. Knowledge discovery and finally not at all in conflict with the teachings of the Buddha. Bertrand Russell once again said he revered Buddha because he did not declare mistakes as others have committed when it comes to the origin of the world.
The interpretation of the origin of the universe that many religions out not modern scientists and intellectuals accepted. Even the biblical commentary on this question by the Buddha some Buddhist writers write well can not be the scientific thought conceded. Buddha did not waste his time on solving this problem. The reason he was silent because no matter what moral values to achieve wisdom. The explanation of the origin of the universe is not the concern of religion. Word of such theories are not necessary for a life way justifiable and future-oriented life of us. However if certain who study this problem, they must study science, astronomy, geography, biology and anthropology. But this science for many reliable and are tested on this issue than any religion. The purpose of religion is to improve life here, in this world and in the latter until achieving liberation.
In the eyes of the Buddha, the world is nothing but merely Samsara - Within continuation of birth and death. With him, the beginning of the world and the end of the world is within this Samsara. When the elements and energy correlation and interdependence, then the application to nominate something for the beginning become meaningless. Any speculation about the origin of the world are no absolute truth in our concept.
"Endless is the sky, the endless number of beings is
infinite as the world in the vast universe
of infinite wisdom that the Buddha taught this
Infinite is his virtues taught these things.
- (Sri Ramachandra)
One day a man named Malunkyaputta approached the Buddha and asked him preach about the origin of the universe. He even threatened that there would no longer be his followers again if the Buddha's answer is not satisfactory to him. Buddha calmly refuted him to follow Him or not Malunkyaputta follow Him no consequence to him, because the Truth did not need anyone to support both. Then the Buddha said he did not want to discuss the origins of the Universe. With him, want of knowledge about such matters is just a waste of time because of the human task is to liberate themselves right in the present, not in the past or in the future. Symbolizing this, the Great Spirit for example a person injured by poison arrows. Humans least this place refused to withdraw the arrow out until he knows everything about the shoot. The wounded died while the assistant y lo seek unnecessary detail. Likewise, our task now is to reach nirvana, no need to bother about their origins.
ANOTHER WORLD SYSTEMS
In the light of modern scientific discoveries, we can recognize the limits of the human world and the hypothesis of the world system that may exist in other parts of the universe.
There are a few occasions, the Buddha commented on the nature and composition of the universe. According to the Buddha, there are other life forms exist in other parts of the universe. Buddha has thirty-one recorded in the cosmic realm. They are:
- Or woeful woeful 4 (life in four realms: hell, animal, hungry ghost and asura)
- 1 human world
- 6 Devalokas, heaven or the realm of the gods
- 16 Rupalokas or world realms
- 4 Arupalokas or formless realms World
Why only the earth is the only planet contained life forms? Earth is just a tiny speck in the vast universe. Sir James Jeans, a brilliant astronomer, estimates that the entire universe is about one thousand million greater than the amount of space that can be seen by telescopes. In his book "Mysterious Universe", he said that the total universe can be compared with the total number of grains of sand on all the world's ocean. In such a universe, planet Earth is only a millionth of a grain of sand. He also tells us that sunlight takes seven seconds to the next part of the Earth, it takes about 100,000 years new ways to fully penetrate the universe! The immensity of the universe as such. When we consider the vastness of the universe makes much of what we usually call "outer space", the hypothesis of different systems existing world may be under scientific information.
In the light of the discoveries of modern science, we can be aware of the limitations of the human world. Today, science has proven that the human world exists within the limits of the vibrational frequency that the sensory organs of us can receive. And science also tells us there are different vibrational frequencies above or below the range of our reception. With the discovery of radio waves, X-ray, television waves, and waves of three, we can realize the vision is very limited, but we are held by the sense organs our. We're squinting in the universe through the "chap" of the sensory organs of us, like we had looked through the door gaps. This acknowledgment of the limits of the next recording shows us may have different systems existing world separates us or penetrate deep into our world.
On the nature of the universe, the Buddha told a beginning and an end of the universe can not be aware of. Buddhists do not believe the world is completely terminated suddenly and totally destroyed. Without the universe suddenly destroyed. As part of the universe is turned away other parts of the universe remains. As another part disappears, another section reappear or create scattered nature of the universe before. It is formed by the accumulation of the molecules, the basic elements, steam and energy, supported by a general impetus and draw weight. And a new world system of appearance and existence for some time. That is the nature of cosmic energy. So why Buddha said the beginning and the end of the universe can not be aware of.
Only occasionally in special cases, He mentions the nature and composition of the universe. As he said, he is very attentive to the possibility of human understanding ask. The Buddha was not interested in the kind of metaphysical speculation not bring spiritual growth.
Buddhists do not share the view of some people believe that the world would be a god destroyed, as have many nonbelievers and more depraved of mankind. On this belief, people may ask: instead destroyed by the power, why did God not using it to grow faith in him and cleanses all the bad habits from the heart people? Whether or not the god of destruction, natural someday when things were being doomed to annihilation. However, according to the language of the Buddha, the world is nothing but a combination of the city and head, killing and re-combination of mind and matter (nama-rupa)
In the final explanation, Teachings of the Buddha pass discoveries of modern science to discover whether this impressive surprisingly strong. In science, the knowledge of the universe can help people master the material comforts, and personal safety. But Buddha despite wide knowledge to where it is, will not make the ultimate human liberation from the sufferings of life. People must themselves struggle until advances in understanding the true nature of ourselves and the ephemeral nature of the universe. Want to really be liberated, we must seek to tame his mind, cessation of craving in the material pleasures. When we really understand that the universe was trying to conquer is impermanent, we will find ourselves like Don Quixote fighting the imaginary enemy. With his own Right, we will use the time and energy to win her heart and destroy the illusion of self without having to waste their efforts on solving important and needed no other.
THE BUDDHIST CONCEPT OF PARADISE AND HELL
The mind creates paradise for yourself, fool create hell for yourself right here and later.
Buddhist notions of heaven and hell is entirely different from other religions. Buddhists do not accept the place that is everlasting. It is unreasonable to damnation someone to hell forever for his weaknesses but very sensible if he had a chance to repair themselves. Buddhist perspective, those who are in hell can transform to upward by the merits made earlier. Hell gate unlocked. Hell is just a temporary place and without any reason arrested beings must suffer forever in that place.
The doctrine of A? C Buddha shows us heaven and hell has not the other side of this world, but also righteous in this world. Therefore, the notion heaven and hell are very reasonable. For example, the Buddha once said, "when people least medium position is affirmed in the ocean Hell, guys that were decisive false and baseless". "Hell" is the term used to describe the pain. Opinions about a special place was made available or a realm created by god as heaven and hell are not acceptable according to the Buddhist notion.
Hell in this world is hotter than hell across the world. No fire with fire any anger, craving, greed and delusion. According to the Buddha we are burned by eleven kinds of suffering physical and mental: greed, hatred, delusion disease, decay, death, anxiety, lamentation, pain (physical and mental ) melancholy and regret. People can burn the whole world with this kind of fire due to a lack of spiritual conditioning. As a Buddhist perspective, the easiest way to define hell and paradise is no matter where there is much suffering in this world or in any public realm, that place is hell for those who are suffering. Where there are many pleasures and happiness, in this world or in any other realm, the realm that is paradise for those who enjoy life on earth at that particular place. However, the realm of mankind has confused both pain and joy, people experience both suffering and happiness, and so can experience true essence of life. But in many realms, beings there is little chance of this realization Yes. There are places, suffering more happiness, a place of pleasure more than suffering.
Buddhists believe that after death will be reborn in one of these lives could have been. This future is already in existence created by the final consciousness of a person dying. Thought this final decision later life as a result of past actions of the person in this life or past lives. So, if the most powerful ideology reflects merit action, that person will have a happy future life. But this situation is only temporary until the merit is exhausted, another life must start and so continuing, because "now" force decides. This process recur constantly and endlessly unless we reach the "Right" and was determined to follow the Eightfold Path gives us new supreme bliss of Nirvana.
Paradise is an impermanent world for those who have created many good actions enjoying the pleasures of the senses more a long time to come. Hell is a temporary realms other sinners must bear more suffering materially and spiritually. There is no reason to believe that there are usually longer. There is no god in heaven and the scenes of hell. Each and everyone different experience depending on his good or evil deeds. Buddhists never convince anyone to their Directed by threatening fire by hell or paradise temptation. Their ideal is to build the personality and mental training. Buddhists practice should not aim to heaven or develop fear hell. Their duty is to live decent by maintaining the human qualities and bliss within.
BELIEVE IN THE gods
Buddhists do not deny the existence of any gods or deities.
Lucky gods more human terms sensorial sensual indulgence. They also possess some power (Kabbalah) that humans can not. But the gods of Kabbalah are limited because they are only transient beings. They exist in the realm of happy and enjoying life more enduring human life. When the good karma they have accumulated from the past life has been exhausted, the gods also dies and is reborn in a certain place, depending on the good or evil of their industry. According to the Buddha, people have the opportunity to increase the merit virtually born into better circumstances, even the gods are less fortunate in this regard.
Buddhists do not believe these are important gods. They do not regard the gods is where recourse to moral development or refuge to achieve liberation of Nirvana. Whether big or small, all mankind and the gods must perish and be reborn.
Buddhist mass is generally believed that the gods may be induced and supporting them by dedicating the merit to the gods when they do merit any action. This belief is based on Buddha's instructions passed to the gods protect the ethical life. That is the reason why Buddhists dedicate the merit to commemorate gods or deities anytime they practice these virtues merit. However, offerings and worship the gods are not recommended although some Buddhist traditions focus on these activities. When in trouble, people often turn to the gods to express worship Affliction place. In doing so, they find solace and consolation are; they feel more at heart. But the intellectuals have strong willpower, education and understanding indecent, beliefs and actions are not necessarily used to. R, certainly not in the Buddhist teachings that Buddhists can attain Nirvana by praying to gods. Buddhists believe is "clean or polluted, depending where we. No one on the outside make the other person is clean. " (Dhammapada, verse 165)
Buddhahood and nirvana can be achieved without resorting to help from an outside source. Therefore, Buddhists can still practice with or without gods.
WORLD spirits
They are beings or spirits of tangible or intangible like the light we can see or not see.
Buddhism does not reject the existence of good and evil spirits. They are beings or spirits of tangible or intangible as light we can see or not see. We need special tools to see what kind of invisible light and we need special senses to see the invisible beings. We can not deny the existence of those spirits that just because we do not see them with the naked eye are. These spirits also suffered mortal. We are not in a permanent form of spirits. They also exist in the world in which we live.
A good Buddhist who molded their lives according to moral causation discovered by Buddha. The person does not need to care about the worship of spirits and demons that. However, the kind of worship that have some benefit and charm the masses, and naturally brought some Buddhists to communicate with such activities.
Regarding protection against evil spirits, honesty is a shield against evil. Honesty is wall noninvasive crime unless the good is open to the influence of sin. Even a man who lived a pious life and holiness, have a good shield cover life and noble morality, but he still can lower the protective shield is down, relying on the power of the devil evil spirit can hurt yourself.
Buddha never advised his followers that worship spirits and fear them. The attitude of Buddhists is merit and spread loving-kindness to them. Buddhists do not harm them. On the other hand, if a pious, virtuous and pure, intelligent and strong-willed COA and capacity to understand, then he found that his spirits much stronger. Evil spirits will shun them, good spirits would protect him.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.25/10/2015.
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