[Opinion] how people think of hindu magic

[thaaava]

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[moonbow]

Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) rebelled against a degenerating hindu system with false dogmas and useless rituals. He wanted real and pure spirituality and enlightenment and of course found it by himself inside himself. If he already tought it was crap back then, I don't wanna know how bad it is now... meanwhile some do insist that it's a pure and enlightened system perfected for over 5000 years and it never fails to attract huge interest and followers.

As far as I know it's hindus alone who invented and use the AUM/OM chant claiming it's universal and connected to the highest source of spirit and existence.
It's certainly interesting as no other culture or school ever practiced or even mentions the AUM chant. Those who practice it only took it from hinduism. Buddha or Christ never mentioned the AUM chant, neither did anybody else who could be considered a worthwile teacher, only Hindus.

 

[HoldAll]

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[zhuangziwen]

Do Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism have any common points? Which one is the earliest origin of Buddhism, or are they two different branches?：滚眼：

 

[ashlesha]

Buddhism comes from India, where Uddiyana was a major crossroads where a lot of high level hindu tantra philosophy and buddhist philosophy arose together. They are very intimately connected, with some (major) deviations on their personal philosophy. In particular is the identification of the highest tattvas in Shaiva & Shakta philosophy with the transcendental-i, whereas in Buddhism it's conceptually an external All-Buddha rather than your own self... yet also your own self since it's the essential force? Sort of tricky. For the actual sadhanas though, they are very similar in praxis! You'll find, however, that the framing ritual for every tibetan buddhist sadhana will follow principles of the three jewels, the seven line prayer, etc which are not present (and maybe not totally necessary) in hindu tantra sadhanas for the same deities.

Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated goes over these differences from an academic context. I believe some of his final chapters on surviving lineages of Saiva philosophy touches on Dzogchen concepts being very similar. There is another book that does the same, but its name is escaping me right now...