[Buddha-l] Re: God is Emptiness

[Piya Tan]

yes, there's a lot of "official" truths going around, but this can be just
as bad as "private" truths of the cult gurus.

The middle way is best.

Indonesia has an impressive school syllabus and teaching on Buddhism, and I
have met many of such students in Singapore.

Piya


On 6/11/07, [DPD Web] Shen Shi'an <shian at kmspks.org> wrote:
>
> 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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