The Buddha hasn't forgotten about us

[dhammapal]

Gotama the Buddha attained parinibbāna c. 483BC. But Nibbāna isn't annihilation just the end of suffering. Nibbāna is Awakening, so that means the Buddha hasn't forgotten about us. He isn't a God that can answer prayers, but I believe he still remembers us and is aware of us.

[one_awakening]

Possibly. Hard to say as we don't really know what parinibbāna is.

[SarathW]

Buddha is not a person and the Nibbana is not a place.

[WorldTraveller]

Gotama the Buddha attained parinibbāna c. 483BC. But Nibbāna isn't annihilation just the end of suffering. Nibbāna is Awakening, so that means the Buddha hasn't forgotten about us. He isn't a God that can answer prayers, but I believe he still remembers us and is aware of us.

“Ānanda, that to some among you the thought will come: 'Ended is the word of The Buddha, we have The Buddha no longer.' But it should not be so considered. For that which I have proclaimed and made known as the Dhamma-vinayathat shall be your Master when I am gone.”

Mahāparinibbāna Sutta

HE'S GONE buddy! He's gone!

[mrgrtt123]

We have different believe, all I know is that he is looking after us.

[dhammapal]

"Enough, Vakkali! What is there to see in this vile body? He who sees Dhamma, Vakkali, sees me; he who sees me sees Dhamma. Truly seeing Dhamma, one sees me; seeing me one sees Dhamma." ~ the Buddha, Samyutta Nikaya 22.87

[dhammapal]

HE'S GONE buddy! He's gone!

He may have gone but I believe he hasn't forgotten us.

[cappuccino]

Tathāgata
Thus gone, thus come

So not really here, nor really gone.

[santa100]

The Buddha hasn't forgotten about us

Don't worry about that scenario. Worry about US forgotten about Him (ie. forgotten the cultivation of Sila, Samadhi, Panna, which is what He really represents).

[SarathW]

The Buddha hasn't forgotten about us

Don't worry about that scenario. Worry about US forgotten about Him (ie. forgotten the cultivation of Sila, Samadhi, Panna, which is what He really represents).

[dharmacorps]

The Buddha taught for the good of many, for all who could hear his message down to us today. But he died a long time ago and doesn't need to be around for his message to be relevant and timely.

[sentinel]

Gotama the Buddha attained parinibbāna c. 483BC. But Nibbāna isn't annihilation just the end of suffering. Nibbāna is Awakening, so that means the Buddha hasn't forgotten about us. He isn't a God that can answer prayers, but I believe he still remembers us and is aware of us.

The aggregates has gone , suffering ceases.
Thereafter Parinibbana , we don’t know !
Hereafter , not known !

[budo]

For one who has piti, the senses are stressful. For one who sukha, piti is stressful. For one who has equanimity, sukha is stressful. For one who has non-existence, equanimity is stressful.

There is no more Buddha until the next one.

Nibbana isn't annihilation because there is nothing to annihilate.

The Buddha cannot remember you because he has no mental faculty to remember you with. Such a mental faculty would be stressful. The Buddha chose to be stress free rather than to remember you, a heap of aggregates with no self. Only selfish conceit wants to be remembered anyways.

[AgarikaJ]

For one who has piti, the senses are stressful. For one who sukha, piti is stressful. For one who has equanimity, sukha is stressful. For one who has non-existence, equanimity is stressful.

There is no more Buddha until the next one.

Nibbana isn't annihilation because there is nothing to annihilate.

The Buddha cannot remember you because he has no mental faculty to remember you with. Such a mental faculty would be stressful. The Buddha chose to be stress free rather than to remember you, a heap of aggregates with no self. Only selfish conceit wants to be remembered anyways.

Why is there this hang to deification of what was and has been nothing more than an absolutely normal human being?

His life ended, as it will for all of us, in death; his body disintegrated, as our bodies will. The end.

[budo]

For one who has piti, the senses are stressful. For one who sukha, piti is stressful. For one who has equanimity, sukha is stressful. For one who has non-existence, equanimity is stressful.

There is no more Buddha until the next one.

Nibbana isn't annihilation because there is nothing to annihilate.

The Buddha cannot remember you because he has no mental faculty to remember you with. Such a mental faculty would be stressful. The Buddha chose to be stress free rather than to remember you, a heap of aggregates with no self. Only selfish conceit wants to be remembered anyways.

Why is there this hang to deification of what was and has been nothing more than an absolutely normal human being?

His life ended, as it will for all of us, in death; his body disintegrated, as our bodies will. The end.

Yes, it's disconcerting hearing Eternalism from a Buddhist when even some Ancient Vedic/Hindu schools like Patanjali didn't hold such views, they're closer to Buddhism than some Buddhist traditions/views.