Unificationism & Buddhism v1.8 — de Paulis · Following the Stories of Real People

In Buddhism today, many people pray for blessing in front of a statue of Buddha.

The external difference between the subject and the object in this instance would be enormous. However, in the world of heart, there would be no difference.

If they believe and connect to it as God by the feelings inspired there, then God does not abandon such minds.

He fulfills their wishes.

The phrase “a wish come true” originates from this. When we consider these things, our past and present life have been overly insensitive and unsentimental.

We have had a desolate cosmic view.

You should feel sorrow about this. If you become a person who does feel sorrow about this situation, then you will be called “a new person” in the new world and will be able to take responsibility for the new age.

I have confidence this is true. We should become a people who can forget our own sad feelings by the joy we feel from looking at growing grass, instead of frowning and lamenting as we look at our environment and the problems of society.

If there is such a person, he would remain in the new age. If there is a person who aspires to the ideal and heartistic world, he would indeed try desperately to make a certain relationship with God.

/SMM Longing for Eden Genesis 2:1-25 May 24, 1959,

I stayed in Japan for two weeks before I came here. During that time, five leading members of Buddhism and Shintoism joined our group through the guidance and messages of the spirit world.

In this way, unification of the world will be fulfilled.

Otherwise, how could we unify all religions?

Each religious founder, in order to start his mission, has had some responsibility. On the final day when God’s will is completely fulfilled, these founders are to bring a certain number of dedicated followers to God.

The higher and larger the religion, the more people the founders must bring on the final day.

Supposing Buddha has 10 million people to bring to God.

Then Buddha is responsible for testifying to his followers what our Leader has done, and what our truth stands for. /SMM March and April 1965

Buddhism teaches, “To benefit yourself, give benefit to others.”

This means that whatever one does for others will ultimately benefit oneself.

This teaching contains a very profound truth.

/Bo Hi Pak in Messiah I

Sunset Haverdal Sweden

The correlation between the Buddhist doctrine of karma and the Unification teaching on sin which affirms collective and inherited dimensions (of sin) that determine the individual’s real conditions of existence.

In their ascetic practices both Unificationists and Buddhists eschew the extremes of self-mortification which is understood by the former to enhance self-righteousness and by the latter to heighten the illusion of the “self.”

For Unificationism, however, ascetic practice has the purpose of re-orienting sense experience towards G o d whereas in Buddhism the overcoming of craving leads to the awareness of no-self.

The color of the lotus has an important bearing on the symbology associated with it:

White Lotus (Skt. pundarika; Tib. pad ma dkar po):

This represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.

• Pink Lotus (Skt. padma; Tib. pad ma dmar po):

This the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself.

• Red Lotus (Skt. kamala; Tib: pad ma chu skyes):

This signifies the original nature and purity of the heart (hrdya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion and all other qualities of the heart.

It is the flower of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.

Blue Lotus (Skt. utpala; Tib. ut pa la):

This is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, and signifies the wisdom of knowledge.

Not surprisingly, it is the preferred flower of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.

The Coming Buddha

• According to Buddhist scripture, Gautama predicted that at some future time another Buddha would come to help men set up an ideal kingdom of righteousness and peace. The coming Buddha is called Mettaya, (Sanskrit: Maitreya) meaning “love.”

The Coming Buddha

• There will no longer be any killing, stealing, adultery, drunkenness, filth or mud huts. The cities will all be lighted; parks and gardens will abound. Then, man will enjoy heaven on earth.

The Coming Buddha

• There will no longer be any killing, stealing, adultery, drunkenness, filth or mud huts. The cities will all be lighted; parks and gardens will abound. Then, man will enjoy heaven on earth.

• Gautama is not expected to return; Maitreya is a different person whose mission and status are identical to that of Gautama. According to the oldest texts, Buddha does not promise to come back; what he promises is that Maitreya will become the next Buddha whose success will be far greater than his own. Also, Maitreya will bring to fulfillment the Buddhist Dhamma and inaugurate an era of cosmic bliss; he will do so as a teacher and holy man.

Sunrice Himalaya

Buddhism • Life of the Buddha • Born in todays Nepal ca 563 BC

• Buddhist concepts • Karma • Rebirth • Samsara • The Four Noble Truths • The Noble Eightfold Path • The Middle Way • Three Marks of Existence • Dependent arising • Emptiness • Liberation – Nirvana • Buddhas

Pokhara Nepal

• Practice Buddhism • Devotion • Yoga • Refuge in the Three Jewels • Buddhist ethics • Right understanding • Monastic life • Meditation • Samatha meditation • Vipassana meditation

• Zen, China, Japan, Korea

Life of Budha / Life of TF

…to be contin.

Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya, India, where Gautama Buddha attained Nirvana under the Bodhi Tree (left)

Buddha! showed Buddhism The Four Noble Truths! Summary

The noble Eightfold Way!

End of suffering!

The Four Noble Truths! Buddhism The Four Noble Truths 1. Life means suffering.

2. The origin of suffering is attachment.

3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.

4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

The noble eightfold way! end of suffering a gradual path of self-improvement

Buddhism The noble eightfold way!

WISDOM MORAL DISCIPLINE CONCENTRATION

1. right view 3. right speech 6. right effort 2. right intention 4. right action 7. right mindfulness 5. right livelihood 8. right concentration

Buddhism Nirvana!

“Nirodha” extinguishes all forms of clinging and attachment. This means that suffering can be overcome through human activity, simply by removing the cause of suffering.

Attaining and perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately results in the state of Nirvana.

Nirvana means freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and ideas.

Buddhism What then is Bodhisattvas compassion!

“It is the selfless desire to make others happy”

Compare: ”Live for others” /SMM

Zenbuddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Zen is a school of Maha-ya-na Buddhism. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhya-na, which can be approximately translated as “meditation” or “meditative state”.

Zen emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct self-realization through meditation and dharma practice.

The teachings of Zen include various sources of Maha-ya-na thought, including the Prajña-pa-ramita- literature, Madhyamaka, Yoga-ca-ra and the Tatha-gatagarbha Sutras.

The emergence of Zen as a distinct school of Buddhism was first documented in China in the 7th century CE. From China, Zen spread south to Vietnam, and east to Korea and Japan

Eight fitting symbols:

The Golden Fish

The Victory Banner

The Treasure Vase

A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, lit, circle) is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions, representing theuniverse.

Now lets practice Zen!

When you are lying down comfortably, concentrate on your senses. Begin with the sense of touch.

• Feel your skin.

• Feel any breeze, whether it’s hot or cold, the pressure

of your clothing, the bed, etc. on your body.

• Close your eyes.

2. WASHING THE DISHES

• Focus your mind. While you do your most loathed chore, again concentrate on physical sensation. Feel the warmth of the dishwater on your hands. Try to distinguish smells, sound, or sense of touch and texture.

• Focus on one sensation at a time. When I’m ironing, I find the sound of steam boiling from the iron especially pleasing.

• Focus on those sensations you find most pleasant.

• Slow down when you eat. It will make no more than five minutes’ difference

• When eating, concentrate on the taste and texture of what you put inside.

• Using the Zen method, visualize and experience the sensation of it entering

your body and fusing with your system.

• Concentrate on the energy and health that it gives you.

• Smell the food and see it, feel the utensils in your hands.

• Become entirely involved in the eating process with both body and mind.

• Stop eating when you feel you have had just enough; not too much.

• Using the Zen method, visualize and experience the sensation of it entering

your body and fusing with your system.

• Concentrate on the energy and health that it gives you.

• Eat again only when you feel hungry and continue applying the Zen method.

• Get to know your body and its needs.

• Water is even more essential to life than food.

• Required six to eight glasses of water a day.

• Drinking a lot of water helps to keep your weight down and your health up.

• Combining water drinking with Zen enhances its benefit.

• Drinking water in its unadulterated form is both refreshing and energizing.

• When you feel tired or hot, leave the soft drinks and beer in the fridge.

• Open the tap. Put your hand under it until the water is at its coldest.

• Concentrate on the physical sensation of it.

• Fill a glass and drink the water.

• As with the eating exercise, feel the path of the water into your body.

• Feel it refreshing you and blessing your cells with its health.

• Both your body and mind will be energized.

5. BODY AND MIND

• Focus on your muscles and how they contract and relax.

• Focus on one muscle group at a time.

• Also concentrate on contracting and relaxing the muscle consciously as you exercise it.

• In this way not only your body is involved; your mind also contributes greatly to sculpting the perfect you.

5. BODY AND MIND

• In any mental activity, your enjoyment is increased using Zen.

• Before sitting down to a mental activity, breathe deeply a few times.

• Then begin with the physical senses.

5. BODY AND MIND

• Concentrate on seeing the exact shade of the text, or whatever you are studying.

• Look at the texture of the material.

• Feel it with your fingers.

• Become aware of the scent emanating from the pages.

5. BODY AND MIND

• Then concentrate on the words and ideas entering your head.

• You can almost feel them.

• Feel your mind processing what you are studying.

• This will both benefit and improve studying, or any mental activity that you indulge in.

6. ZEN IN EVERYTHING

• Zen concentration will enhance your sense of enjoyment in whatever it is you’re doing.

• If it’s something you love, such as stroking a cat, listening to music, or playing in the pool, well-being is enhanced.

6. ZEN IN EVERYTHING

• If it is something you hate - washing the car, cleaning, cooking – a feeling of joy and pride in you.

• The Zen principle of concentration is not only fabulous for enhancing enjoyment. It will do wonders for your physical health as well.

Differences Buddhism Unificationism

• personal salvation • Family salvation like Christianity seeking personal salvation • Two Saviours – True Parents Detachments = Nirvana!

• Buddhas teaching, (coming Matreya)

• salvation only spiritual • Salvation both physical & spiritual

• children born with suffering • Children born without orig. sin path is a web of illusion, and longing for liberation. • Continued revelation = Divine Princ, Biography, • The Coming Matreya CheonSyeongGeong, 1000 Volumes

Similarities Buddhism Unificationism

The thought manifests as Unificationn Thought the word; the word manifests Words affect our thought, so speaking as the deed; good words will help recovery from the deed develops into habit; illness. and the habit hardens into This is in accord with UT: character- The universe was created through So watch the thought and its Logos and performs its movements ways with care; and let it spring in accordance with Logos; in other words, from love, born out of concern the universe is supported by Logos. for all beings. Human beings also were created through Logos, and their lives should be in As the shadow follows the body, complete accordance with Logos. as we think, so we become. Thus, the human being is a being /Dhammapada of logos.

Mt Everest Nepal - Tibet

Quote: Arthur Ford sitting 1965

…in the Book of Revelation there is a picture of the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down out of the heavens. And there was a door on the east and a door on the south, a door on the north and a door on the west - and when the teacher comes, he always has to come through the eastern gate.

Quote: Arthur Ford sitting 1965

In the Holy City of Jerusalem there is an eastern gate long since sealed and blocked. It will never be opened until the new teacher comes. From the east comes mysticism - a willingness to be absorbed in God – God is not something apart - he is something within. From the south comes all the beauty, the ritual - these things which adorn and make beautiful the message. From the north came rational thought clear thinking - reformation - and change. From the west came the critical, scientific analysis.

Quote: Arthur Ford sitting 1965

And now in the New Age, it is an age of orchestration - of a symphony - of unity. And the New Teacher will be neither Christian, Buddhist, Moslem, or anything else. The Holy Spirit speaks in universal terms - and God will no longer be fragmented

Matterhorn Switzerland

Artist: Nanette Crist Johnson

• the Buddha of this Age will bring enlightenment to the masses as compared to the individual.

Photo:1960 of SunMyungMoon, beside a spiritually inspired painting made by Nanette Crist Johnson of the New Buddha to Come!

Artist: Nanette Crist Johnson

• the Buddha of this Age will bring enlightenment to the masses as compared to the individual. • family man who represents abundance and True Love in the family unit

Photo:1960 of SunMyungMoon, beside a spiritually inspired painting made by Nanette Crist Johnson of the New Buddha to Come!

Artist: Nanette Crist Johnson

Photo:1960 of SunMyungMoon, beside a spiritually inspired painting made by Nanette Crist Johnson of the New Buddha to Come!

Artist: Nanette Crist Johnson

Photo:1960 of SunMyungMoon, beside a spiritually inspired painting made by Nanette Crist Johnson of the New Buddha to Come!

Artist: Nanette Crist Johnson

• the Buddha of this Age will bring enlightenment to the masses as compared to the individual. • family man who represents abundance and True Love in the family unit • Ideal Society of the Golden Age. • Meditation on this portrait enables the viewer to resonate to the qualities of Divine Will, Unconditional Love and Planetary Healing. picture incorporates the • divine proportions, numbers, symbols and colors Photo:1960 of SunMyungMoon, beside a spiritually inspired painting Painted by Nanette Crist Johnson of the New Buddha to Come!

Quote: Sung Han Lees, messages from Spiritual World The Buddha’s Message to Buddhists and Believers in Other Religions

“Dear Buddhists, I am not saying that your way of life thus far has been wrong. Like Jesus, in my time I also did my best to guide humankind in the right direction. However, with the passing of time, the tasks needed for the salvation of humankind have changed. What I am trying to do is to engraft the fruit of Buddhists who were raised through my methods of spiritual cultivation.

Please study the Unification Principle. You will find there a considerable number of truths that also flow through the teachings of Buddhism. Do not be immersed in old-fashioned ideas and concepts, but by accepting the new truth, engraft it to the truth of Buddhism. Then, I am sure that a wonderful passage of faith will open to you.”

“In this age Reverend Sun Myung Moon is the Buddha for whom you have been waiting. Make a special condition as a Buddhist at a shrine. It is time for you to be true to the highest standard of Buddhist integrity. Do not reject the new Buddha, who is to come in the Completed Testament Age. Do not reject his truth.

Demonstrate the virtue of compassion as practiced by numerous Buddhists who have cultivated their spirituality. Do not look for faults in others, but act with humility and prudence. What is truth? Depending on the historical era, the direction for human beings can change. Look at the world of nature. All things God created can change in color and size, depending on the environment, but the species remain the same. Who can quell the voice of the original mind, through which human beings are striving to lead a life of faith? However, depending on the sound of the voice of the original mind, the mode of human life vary, bringing different aspects of joy to God.”

“Therefore, do not be fixed on an old-fashioned idea. Expand the horizon of your ideas and views. If I told you Jesus and Buddha are getting along as brothers, you Buddhists would not believe me. However, I cannot help it. God wants us to work together as one. In your opinion, what would Jesus call Buddha? He calls him “Honored Buddha” with a smile and a soft voice, always being humble. Once Buddha speaks, he always responds positively, with a bright and cheerful expression, saying: “Yes, right,” “ That is correct,” and “Let’s do it.”

Dear fellow Buddhists and Christians, as Heaven and Earth are united as one, bringing the world of peace, should the Earth not be united as well? Let us be unified by the new truth in this new era. Reverend Sun Myung Moon is leading the Completed Testament Age, and he is the Buddha to come. This is the conclusion drawn in these seminars of the four major religious founders. Let us now liberate God, by bringing oneness between Buddhism and Christianity. “

/Spir Wrld April 6, 2001

Richard Feynman:

“I learned a way of expressing this common human problem - moral choice which led us to good work - on a trip to Honolulu. In a Buddhist temple there, the man in charge explained a little bit about the Buddhist religion for tourists, and then ended his talk by telling them he had something to say to them that they would never forget — and I have never forgotten it. It was a proverb of the Buddhist religion:

“To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.”

Interpretation: lifestyle in the Physical Body! = KEY + Blessing needed.

The Original Sinless Beauty remains of Earth!

Appendix: 7 sets of 37 Qualities – Buddhism and Unification Teaching

From a Presentation in Helsinki Finland 2014

Seven sets of thirty seven qualities ( 七科三七道品 ) (training program, 修行法 )

1. Four frames of reference ( 四念処 ) – Contemplation of the body – Contemplation of feelings – Contemplation of consciousness – Contemplation of mental qualities

2. Four right exertions ( 四正断、四正勤 ) – Exertion for the non-arising of unskillful states – Exertion for the abandoning of unskillful states – Exertion for the arising of skillful states – Exertion for the sustaining of skillful states

3. Four bases of power （四神足、四如意足） – Will – Energy – Consciousness – Discrimination

4. Five faculties （五根） – Faith – Energy – Mindfulness – Concentration – Wisdom

5. Five powers （五力） – Faith – Energy – Mindfulness – Concentration – Wisdom

6. Seven factor of Enlightenment （七覚支） – Mindfulness – Investigation – Energy – Joy – Tranquility – Concentration – Equanimity

7. Noble eightfold path （八正道） – Right view – Right intention – Right speech – Right action – Right livelihood – Right energy – Right mindfulness – Right concentration

Worldly desires (Kleshas) ＝ Fallen natures （ Trouble ） (Sexual depravity ）

6. 「触に縁って受あり」 Lucifer was loved by God a lot. [Through the contact, there is sensation.] He virtually monopolized the ↓ love of God. God’s love toward Lucifer did The feeling start to work not change after creation of based on KARMA human beings. Which the person Lucifer compared with human accumulated in his life. beings. ↓ He felt decreased love from God. (less love) ↓

7. 「受に縁って愛あり」 He wanted to grasp the same central position [Through the sensation, in human society, angelic there is Craving] world and the channel (desire or thirst) of God’s love . (excessive desires) ↓ ↓ Desires take place Desires take place (start to work) (start to work) ↓ ↓ Stronger and stronger Stronger and stronger ↓ ↓

Devour, anger, ignorance Devour, anger, ignorance ↓ ↓ Attachment ( fixation, Attachment ( fixation, adherence) adherence) ↓ ↓ Worldly desires come out Worldly desires come out Strain, persistence Strain, persistence ↓ ↓ (more and more) (more and more)

Attachment go into the depth Attachment go into the depth Can not control anymore Can not control anymore ↓ ↓ Attachment have never Attachment have never disappeared disappeared ↓ ↓ KARMA Original sin, Hereditary sin

10 incidental worldly desires 10 incidental worldly desires

Strong desires (greedy), 1. ego anger, 2. compared complain, 3. decreased love jealousy, 4. doubt (God) ego, 5. anger (envy) lie, 6. jealousy double tongue, 7. grudge arrogance (pride), 8. excessive desires (greedy) abuse, 9. arrogance (pride) doubt, 10.complain (strain) hiding, justification, blame others, sexual desires.

Other worldly desires Other worldly desires (action) (action)

Murder, stealing, fornication, Temptation, lie, double laziness tongue, a lust for power, material sexual desires, craft and desires guile multiplication of evil ↓

Fornication, fear, lie, hiding, abuse, justification, shift the blame onto others, multiplication of evil (words), a lust for power, criticism, accusation, judgment ↓

murder, stealing, spiritual desires, material desires, act of violence, act of battle, multiplication of evil (acts) laziness, servility

The motivation and process of the Fall Origin of Evil What was the process which Lucifer became Satan ?

God own children servant (100%love) (100%love)

Adam Eve Lucifer ↓ ↓ Physical fall Spiritual fall

1 self-centered, ego → love others, live for others 2 compared → not compared 3 decreased love → appreciation, gratitude (less love) 4 doubt → faith, belief 5 anger → not anger, forgive 6 envy → not compare, appreciation, gratitude 7 jealousy → not compare, appreciation, gratitude 8 grudge → not compare, appreciation, gratitude

9 excessive desires → thanks, satisfaction greedy 10 arrogance, pride → modest, humble 11 complain, (strain) → thanks, satisfaction 12 temptation → not have temptation 13 lie, double tongue → honest 9 sexual desires → for God, wait until Blessing 15 craft and guile → God’s wisdom

16 fornication → no 17 fear, lie → relief, honest 18 hiding, abuse → not hide, good words, (not abuse) 19 justification → honest, admit 20 criticism, judgment → forgive • shift the blame → admit, honest, modest (accusation) onto other shoulder

22 multiplication of evil → multiplication (words) of goodness (words) 23 Murder (anger) → forgive, not anger (act of violence) 24 multiplication → multiplication of of evil (acts) goodness (acts) 25 stealing → not steal 26 spiritual desires → for God 27 material desires → for God 28 a lust for power → for God

Quote: Ten Theologians…- link

The strong impression given by Divine Principle of a creed which is optimistic, positive and life-affirming. There are some significant phrases “…the purpose of creation was to obtain joy, and joy can be obtained only when desire is fulfilled, If man had no desire or ambition, he could have no joy”.

This is in direct opposition to creeds which show man’s ultimate god as reached by the part of the extinction of desire.

The perspectives of Divine Principle are very different from those of Stoicism, Quietism or Buddhism,

Book of Prophecy Kyuk-Am-Yu-Rok

First of all, this man (the one to come) is the wise man whom Buddha sent; Heaven predestined this thousands of years ago.

The fortune of this Messiah is as the coming of Buddha (Second Coming of Buddha to this world).

When this time arrives, the entire world will be in chaos. Fire will fly and fall to the ground and the world will become hopelessly confused.

According to the Buddhist scriptures, Udumbara is an imaginary flower that only blossoms every 3000 years when the King of Falun comes to the human world.

This heavenly flower is a sign of rare preciousness and a miracle.

https://vimeo.com/143968191?utm_source=No.+267

References: Main Source: Divine Principle: www.unification.net/dp96 Speeches by Sun Myung Moon: www.tparents.org/Lib-Moon-Talk.htm World Religions by Prof. Young Oon Kim, Korea 1976 Wikipedia, about the Buddhism

The beauty in Gods nature is there to inspire the beauty inside us! Have a great Blessed week. /Bengt