If Religion is defined as the worship of God, ZEN(禅) Buddhism is definitely NOT a religion, but a pure philosophy. To begin with, Buddhism has NO God. The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) is our (as I myself am a ZEN Buddhist…) mentor, who teaches us the philosophy and practice (meditation, mindfulness, minimalism, etc.) as our BEST model we aim at.
“A Procession of the damned. By the damned, I mean the excluded. We shall have a procession of data that Science has excluded.” (Chapter 1, The Book of the Damned)
“The Book of the Damned” is a monumental, revolutionary endeavor that Charles Fort has established a NEW discipline, the Anomalistics. He respects raw facts that science has ignored and rejected, and calls them “the damned,” which dogmatic mainstream science and the conformist scientists have excluded. But as he shrewdly pointed out as “rhythm of Heavens and Hells,” the authority of science is fleeting, and the paradigm is shifting All the time. Remind Copernicus, Newton, Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and the next is coming soon… This shows how our views and knowledge are narrow, partial, frivolous, and precarious.
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| The Atharva Veda |
The Vedas are the oldest sacred scriptures in Hinduism, written in Vedic Sanskrit, and are the foundation of the philosophy. The term Veda is derived from a Sanskrit verb root ‘vid,’ which means “to know,” and shares the same origin with the English word ‘vision.’ So the name Veda literally connotes a compendium of knowledge, specifically of the sacred knowledge.
“The offering is Brahman; the oblation is Brahman;
offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman.
Brahman will be attained by him,
who always sees Brahman in action.” (Hymn 4.24)
“He who finds his happiness within,
His delight within,
And his light within,
This yogin attains the bliss of Brahman, becoming Brahman.” (Hymn 5.24)
Nothing is profounder, abstruser, more elusive, or more perplexing than defining this Being with dozens of words. Nevertheless, it's surprisingly simple, clear, and intuitive to imagine this in our minds. Actually, for thousands of years, thousands of sages and pundits in Hinduism have defined Brahman ever employing a plethora of colorful words in thousands of sacred literature in history. This shows how vain language is before Brahman. Because the essence of language is Brahman.
The supreme being, the universal consciousness, the highest reality,…
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