[Buddha-l] Re: God is Emptiness

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

Sometimes, loose "official" definitions are better as a skilful means to
lead the masses to the really official truth :-]

But sometimes they become so loose that it becomes corruption of truth
officially. Hmmm... even skilful means need a Middle Path of sorts,
vague as it might be.

-----Original Message-----
From: Piya Tan [mailto:dharmafarer at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, 11 June, 2007 10:02 AM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Re: God is Emptiness

I have told a few times that this is was "Adi-Buddha" group response,
that
the Adi
Buddha was some sort of "God."

Another group reinterpreted "Ketuhanan" as "godliness" and applied the
Brahma-
vihara quite comfortably without having to throw the baby out with the
dish
water.

Piya


On 6/11/07, [DPD Web] Shen Shi'an <shian at kmspks.org> wrote:
>
> Heard of that from an Indonesian Buddhist friend too. Interesting how
> ironical it is that Pancasila refers to the Five Precepts in Pali,
which
> includes saying the truth!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wong Weng Fai [mailto:wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg]
> Sent: Saturday, 09 June, 2007 6:32 AM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: [Buddha-l] Re: God is Emptiness
>
>
> I was told that in Indonesia - esp. during the time of Suharto - where
> the
> Pancasila is the national ideal, Buddhists there gained legal status
> because they defined Dhammakaya as God - because the first of the Five
> Principles is "Belief in the one and only God".
>
> Whatever works...
>
> W.F. Wong
>
>
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