lifeforce

There are people who are propagating the teaching of a permanent self/soul in Buddhism. Ajaan Maha Boowa (now deceased) of the Theravada was a champion for these teachings. Dr. Tony Page has spent 30 years with the Mahaparanirvana Sutra and associated Tathagatagarbha literature. The Jonang sect of Tibetan Buddhism and in particular Dolpopa teach on other-emptiness or the supreme overself.

His tone and delivery of his message may not be to everyone's liking, but PLEASE look beyond the messenger. The message is of utmost importance.

I hope you don't mind me adding to this thread silent thunder. This information is too important NOT to be shared. I need to share this. If I can't share it in a forum of spiritual cultivators, where can I share it ?

Thank you for starting this topic silent thunder. I have decided to return to the bums as I have what I believe to be important information regarding the truth of reality and the human condition. It is the culmination of decades of practice and study, revelation and research. I regret my decision to leave and delete some of my posts. I will remedy this in time. Believe in or not, this video and the subject matter of this topic is what I've been busy with. We must have some sort of telepathic connection, synchronicity, coincidence, psychic link or whatever. I watched this video, and his others on the original Pali texts, cross referenced the information and found him to be 100% correct on the points he puts forward. 99.9% of Buddhists will vehemently disagree, and of course they will. Their entire belief system and the teachings and practices built upon it, is being dismantled. Truth is my only goal. If it ruffles feathers, then so be it. I would encourage anyone interested or skeptical to please do your own research and keep an open mind to all possibilities. It totally shocked me when I first learned this. Citta (mind) is eternal, permanent and unchanging, immortal. It is the five heaps or aggregates which are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and without self. Or Anicca, Dukkha, and Anatta. The original teachings of Gotama were a Neo-vedantic revisionist movement. A path leading to the Absolute, Brahman, Brahmayana. It was not a new teaching. There are countless examples of a permanent self/soul in the Buddhist literature, in Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. I will post more in coming posts. The unfashioned, the unbent, the fermentation-free, the true, the beyond, the subtle, the very-hard-to-see, the ageless, permanence, the undecaying, the featureless, non-elaboration, peace, the deathless, the exquisite, bliss, rest, the ending of craving, the wonderful, the marvelous, the secure, security, unbinding, the unafflicted, dispassion, purity, release, attachment-free, the island, shelter, harbor, refuge, the ultimate. — SN 43.1-44

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