[Buddha-l] God is Emptiness?

[Thomas Oltman]

"If emptiness can motivate crusades, chose his own favourite people, 
manifest as a burning bush, write signs on a wall, make statues weep and 
tell old Abe to kill his son, then and only then it will qualify for the 
job."

But Erik, all that and infinitely more has it done and does and will do.  It 
manifested as you, it can certainly manifest itself as a tribal god who 
thinks he is the only one.

It's a very busy emptiness.

TomOltman


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Hoogcarspel" <jehms at xs4all.nl>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] God is Emptiness?


> S.A. Feite schreef:
>> Dalai Lama Quote of the Week
>>
>> Question: Western religions use the term "God", and Buddhism does not. 
>> Could emptiness or nirvana be considered God? If the afflictive 
>> obstruction that is the conception of inherent existence is eliminated, 
>> does one realize that everything is God?
>>
>> Dalai Lama: If God is interpreted as an ultimate reality or truth, then 
>> selflessness may be considered as God and even as a creator in the sense 
>> that within the nature of emptiness things appear and disappear. In this 
>> sense, emptiness is the basis of everything; because of emptiness, things 
>> can change, and things can appear and disappear.* Thus, 
>> voidness--emptiness, selflessness--is this kind of basis.
>>
>> * For more on this see Dharma Quotes Archive, May 7 and May 26, 2007 
>> quotes, and Dalai Lama Quotes Archive, April 28, 2007.
>>
>> --from The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace 
>> by H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, translated and edited by Jeffrey 
>> Hopkins, published by Snow Lion Publications
> I resepct the Dalai Lama, but even more common sense. If emptiness can 
> motivate crusades, chose his own favourite people, manifest as a burning 
> bush, write signs on a wall, make statues weep and tell old Abe to kill 
> his son, then and only then it will qualify for the job.
>
> Erik
>
>
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