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MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:11 pm
by cooran
Hello all,

I was startled to come across this article .... not sure what to think.

MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES
http://www.shelfari.com/groups/24709/di ... /MUHAMMAD-(PBUH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)-IN-BUDDHIST-SCRIPTURES

Thoughts?

with metta
Chris

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:55 pm
by Agent
Although the author obviously put quite a bit of effort into picking and choosing quotes and comparisons, I don't think the s/he makes much of an argument. Major religions and religious figures tend to have a few things in common. Some people like to read a lot into that. I think it just says something about the general qualities we find important in religious leaders.

Plus you'd have to completely ignore the whole advocacy of a creator god thing (which as far as I can tell is pretty important to Islam).

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:02 pm
by tiltbillings
cooran wrote:
Thoughts?
It is silliness.

Here is a Baha'i (an Islamic offshoot) variation:

http://bahai-library.com/?file=momen_en ... a_buddhism" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is silliness.

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:30 pm
by Modus.Ponens
Yes, I'm with tilt: this is silliness.

It was probably writen by a Bahai folower. They are well intentioned good people (there's at least one in DW). Unfortunately, Mohammadwas the oposite of a Buddha, a being consumate in virtue.

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:03 pm
by cooran
Hello Modus.Ponems,

Where do you find the Buddha teaching this way of disrespectful verbal/written action? I have always been attracted to the way the Blessed One taught respect for other religions, even to the point of encouraging new disciples to continue to support their previous teachers in other faiths.

with karuna
Chris

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:37 am
by Kim OHara
Agent wrote:Although the author obviously put quite a bit of effort into picking and choosing quotes and comparisons, I don't think the s/he makes much of an argument. Major religions and religious figures tend to have a few things in common. Some people like to read a lot into that. I think it just says something about the general qualities we find important in religious leaders.

Plus you'd have to completely ignore the whole advocacy of a creator god thing (which as far as I can tell is pretty important to Islam).
Agreed.
If you wanted to take the search for agreement between Islam and Buddhism further, there have to be exactly the same broad agreements (be nice to each other, tell the truth, respect your elders) and the same, completely fundamental, underlying difference (creator god/no creator god) that we have seen in many many attempts to draw parallels and find agreements between Buddhism and Christianity.
:namaste:
Kim

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:43 am
by tiltbillings
cooran wrote:Hello Modus.Ponems,
Modus.Ponens said: Mohammad (
Where do you find the Buddha teaching this way of disrespectful verbal/written action? I have always been attracted to the way the Blessed One taught respect for other religions, even to the point of encouraging new disciples to continue to support their previous teachers in other faiths.

with karuna
Chris
Out side of al-Andalus Islam has not always had a happy relationship with other religions. Its descruction of things Buddhist is well know, but none of that means we should act as badly.

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:49 am
by Modus.Ponens
cooran wrote:Hello Modus.Ponems,
Modus.Ponens said: Mohammad
Where do you find the Buddha teaching this way of disrespectful verbal/written action? I have always been attracted to the way the Blessed One taught respect for other religions, even to the point of encouraging new disciples to continue to support their previous teachers in other faiths.

with karuna
Chris
Mohamed doesn't deserve any respect from me. He was a warlord and a genocidal. Does that make what I said right speech? No. But I don't think the Buddha would have advised new disciples to support Mohamed.

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:33 am
by Kim OHara
Modus.Ponens wrote: Does that make what I said right speech? No.
You said it yourself.
How about taking the next step and apologising?
:namaste:
Kim

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:37 am
by Kenshou
Pbuh?

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:05 am
by tiltbillings
Kenshou wrote:Pbuh?
Praise be unto him and there are a couple of others that are used.

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:06 am
by tiltbillings
Kim O'Hara wrote:How about taking the next step and apologising?
To whom?

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:23 am
by cooran
Kenshou wrote: Pbuh?
It means Peace Be Upon Him and is used after mentioning the name of the Prophet Muhammad. It is also abbreviated as "SAWS," which stand for the Arabic words of similar meaning ("sallallahu alayhi wa salaam").

with metta
Chris

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:30 am
by cooran
Hello all,

His Holiness speaks on finding common ground between Islam and Buddhism
"It is my hope that on the basis of this common ground, followers of each tradition may come to appreciate the spiritual truths their different paths entail and from this develop a basis for respect for each others’ practice and beliefs. This may not have occurred very often before, because there has been so little opportunity for real understanding between these two great traditions".
http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=15 ... news&tab=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And you may benefit by reading:
A People facing Buddhist Violence over Centuries
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has a population of 48 million, 15 percent of whom are Muslims. Most of the rest are Buddhists. The Muslims live in the Arakan region of the country.
Arakan is the country's richest region in terms of oil and natural gas deposits, and its people first came to Islam by means of Arab merchants. This turning towards Islam culminated with the establishment of an Islamic state in 1430. This state survived for 350 years, until the Buddhists put an end to it by conquering Arakan.
Immediately after the Muslims lost political power in 1783, the Burmese Buddhists embarked on a policy of oppressing and even physically eliminating them. The country was then colonized by the British towards the end of the nineteenth century.
The anti-Muslim campaign waged by the Buddhists gained momentum in the twentieth century, and there was a terrible massacre in Arakan in 1942 which resulted in the deaths of 100,000 Muslims, and left hundreds of thousands either crippled or forced to flee their land.
MORE AT:
http://www.rohingya.org/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, of course, we know of the Tamils in Sri Lanka and their treatment over the centuries by buddhists which led to the terrible rebellion/civil war over the last decades. Buddhist Fundamentalism is growing stronger in Sri Lanka.

But ~ does this make all Buddhists members of a hateful religion ... does this reflect on the Founder of that religion ~ or is it the individuals who commit the actions who are filled with delusion and hate?

with karuna
Chris

Re: MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES?

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:51 am
by tiltbillings
cooran wrote:Hello all . . .
It would be nice if all members of all religions could get along. It simply harder for some by the very structure of their teachings to do so.

As for the the history you referenced, it is never quite so simple as spelled out in a few paragraphs.