Jesus and Buddha.
It could be seen that the Buddha and Jesus say the same things. Firstly, I have to say that, as a Buddhist, I do not believe in God – but I believe in the very nature of God. Not God as an external, but within.
Buddha said, “The two truths are a unity.”
Of course, these may be seen as totally different statements if you are A Buddhist! or A Christian! but to me, they do look the same. Maybe something got changed in the translation, or they are meant to appear different.
As sentient beings, we have two aspects: one is our absolute true nature and the other is a mental fabrication. An absolute truth and a relative truth. These are inseparable – by virtue of one the other is known. So the “I” is our relative truth, and “Father” is our absolute truth. I am that, which I seek.
This is not only logical, but provable. We are awareness – pure awareness. Without awareness nothing would be known, and you wouldn’t be reading this! So that is proof in itself.
Now, this awareness can either be aware of something ‘out there’ – which is relative, conventional truth – or it can be aware of the awareness itself – pure awareness/absolute truth, empty of any fabrications.
Jesus and Buddha are of the same Essence Love: they just express that love slightly differently…as we all do.
Buddha said, “Love others more than yourself.”
Taking ourselves out of the picture is exchanging negative energy for positive energy,
“Thy will be done” is natural expression of spontaneous pure awareness, expressing Essence Love.
“My will be done” is the devil-game we play now. There is no devil out there. The devil is ‘me’, playing with a mentally acquired image of myself.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 