you wroye:"the bible says that Jesus had existed also before earth time began, and came in bodily form as a baby when he did. it is interesting that even he said 'you have had many prophets among you to whom you wouldn't listen'; perhaps Jesus refers to Buddha there as well, knowing the whole world would eventually be exposed to his words.

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Hey! that sounds like too in Buddhism. It says, that Buddha is eternal and it continues to exist and manifest in this world. The implication here is that actual entity of the Buddha is Life itself and Life is eternal.
Our president toda in our organization who has deep undersatanding about the Lotus sutra states that:
" The Buddha is the Life itself! It is an expression of life. The Buddha does not exist outside ourselves, but within our lives. No, it exist outside our lives as well. It is an entity of the cosmic life."
The Buddha and the law(rule, phenomenon) are not two different, separate things- the word life encompasses both. All poeple are endowed with life and life is immesurable precious. The decleration that " the Buddha is life itself " reveals the very essence of Buddhism- the Buddha and the law- is in our own life.
What u had said, Jesus is manifestion as well the of the eternal Buddha, which means the Eternal life and same applies to all of us. We are manifestation of eternal Buddha or the Life itself.

• Re: Re: the MYSTIC LAW ...the actual entity of BUDDHA - gwynj - November 25, 2000 - 20:59 UTC