Where is God?

Where is God? The last time, I said that we cannot recognize God as an object by reason or feeling because we subject unite with God. But if so we cannot see God forever. So let's set three steps of grasping God to approach truth gradually.

The first step is to think that God is in Heaven. First we divide God from ourself to see God as a remote object. Besides, creating images of Buddha or Gods, we see them as Buddha or Gods. It is an interim means to recognize God as an object on the first step. Trying to create an object which cannot be an object, it is false and an "idol" in truth, which Islam strictly denies. But it is difficult to realize the truth of subject=object unity, so taking images as means to go there, as grace to let us walk on the road of faith, for the truth, which love and mercy take form as images of Gods or Buddha, Amiyan will not deny them.

The second step is to think that God is in us. God inhabits our heart as love or mercy. God lives in self. It shows elevation to unity between God and self. God is no longer separate from self, for God is in self. God cannot separate self, beyond the relation between a subject and an object, one who recognizes and one who is recognized. This is the spiritual grasp of subject=object unity from the point of self view.

The farther advance is to think that we are in God. It's the third step. In the second step we can see the unity between God and self, but unclear about the relations between self and other, God and other, among God and self and other. If we think that you are in God, and that we are also in God, it leads that other is in God, unseparate relation between God and other, if self unites with God and other unites God too, it must be that self and other become one, we are one in God.  The grasp that we are in God is the reverse of the grasp that God is in ourself, both mean the unity between subject and object, but the former grasp let us understand better the relation between God and other, self and other and God and self and other. God also inhabits other and other also inhabits God, and that's all the same to self. Thus one sees God in other, and one sees oneself in other. One takes other's pleasure as one's own and other's pain as one's own, it means nothing but love and mercy and thus we become one in love and mercy. To be one in God is to be one by love and to be one in Buddha is to be one by mercy. It is led by the spiritual grasp that we all live in God, live in Buddha, that the whole universe inhabits in God'womb, that everything unites with God and is a sign of God.

Sri Ramakrishna tells three steps for grasping God, "God is in Heaven", " God is in one's heart", "everything is in a sign of God." Based on it, this time I think in Amiyan'way.

Is Buddha identical to God? (2)

Are Buddha and God the same? The last time we thought it from the aspect of what they meant, but this time from the number by which they are counted.

In monotheism, God is one and it denies polytheism which says more than one. It's only natural in logic because we call the sole absolute existence God.

God = 1   (1)

However, in Buddhism it is said that Buddha is not the only one but plural such as Amitabha Buddha, Rushana Buddha, Dainichi Nyurai and so on. At first sight it looks like polytheism, but the Buddhist scripture says there are not only many but innumerable Buddhas, so

Buddha = ∞(infinity)  (2)

then if

1 = ∞

it proves that God equals to Buddha. Now let's see.

At first, the concept of number is relative. Such as light and darkness, good and evil, a pair of opposite concepts could let us count 1, 2, or 0. If there exists just one and all only, we cannot say 1 or 2. And when we invest the concept of number with an object, there must be an object itself. That is, not until we recognize an object itself can we invest the concept of number with it. But we cannot recognize God or Buddha as an object against a subject. For it is said that God is in us(in our hearts),

God ≦ self   (3)

This holds good for Buddha,

Buddha ≦ self   (3')

Then at the same time it is said that we are in God,

God ≧ self   (4)

This also holds good for Buddha,

Buddha ≧ self   (4')

(3),(4),(3'),(4') lead

God = self   (5)
Buddha = self   (6)

It means that Brahma equals Atman in Hinduism, "you are IT", Brahma and Atman become one. That is, we cannot separate self from God, self from Buddha, we cannot recognize self as a subject and God or Buddha as an object separately. From(5)and(6), we can also lead

God = Buddha

but let it be put aside now and let's think about the relation between the impossibility of separating an object from a subject and the concept of number. To unite a subject to an object is that it is impossible to separate self, as a subject to recognize, from God or Buddha, as an object to be recognized. If we cannot recognize it as an object, we cannot compare other to recognize relatively, and there is nothing but one, that's everything, which lead 1 as the concept of number, while also there is only one, that's all, which means it can take every form, which lead ∞(infinity) as the concept of number. To be one and to be infinity are both sides of representation of unity between a subject and an object. Where a subject unite to an object, we see the absolute existence, rather we cannot call it "existence" because we cannot recognize it as an object with reason, it is beyond being, and if we dare to recognize it as number, it is one and infinity, that is,

1 = ∞   (7)

so, (1),(2),(7) lead

God = Buddha

One in monotheism and infinity in Buddhism mean the identical being beyond recognition, the source of existence, which unite to us and cannot be separated as an object.

Searching for the source of existence, we have got so far as where a subject unite an object, and from that point it is impossible to recognize. It begins to appear in science world. In quantum mechanics which is searching for the source existence, light and electron take two contradictory existence forms as "a particle" and "wave", which represent "to be one" and " to take infinite forms". Besides, the fact that "observation" as subjective action determines the existence form of electron, which was to be objective, from wave to a particle means that a subject as an observer influences the existence of an object itself observed,  and we are beginning to notice that in science we cannot separate an object from a subject strictly. That is puzzling physics a lot now and how to deal with this influence of "observation" on an object, how to interpret it, we have had no answer yet. It threatens to upset the science basis which stands on reasonable recognition, so it is becoming "custom" to avoid this "observation problem" on purpose, I hear. We are escaping for the time being. Anyway, even in the micro world on molecule level, we are influencing existence itself each other, searching for the source of being, we unite with not only life but also every existence of the universe on material level, we are together as one, one with taking infinite forms, we are all connecting each other, not in the separating form like subject and object, self and other. In the root of existence, I'd like to consider and hope,

"You are I."

Is Buddha identical to God?

In this site, Amiyan treats Buddha as God. Are Buddha and God the same? In a spiritual sense, they are because "I saw the same light in them!" But I dare to try to prove it logically.

"God is love." the Bible says. So

God = love    (1)

Next, "Buddha is mercy." the Buddhist scripture says. So

Buddha = mercy   (2)

Then, if

love = mercy   (3)

(1), (2), (3) lead

God = Buddha

in logic. Now, whether love equals mercy or not, let's check the formula (3).

Love is to cherish you as myself. For your happiness, to sacrifice myself. To feel like your happiness is my happiness, your grief is my grief, and to see myself in you. And then, I will see God in you. And you will see God in me. That is, you and I are together as one in love. That is, love is a motive power for us to be together as one.

The next is mercy. "mercy" is the translation of Japanese Buddhist word "jihi". Jihi's "ji" means to give pleasure to others. Jihi's "hi" means to remove sorrow and pain from others. That is, you see other's delight as your own delight, other's grief as your own  grief. It is also to see yourself in others. At that moment, you finds Buddha in others and others find Buddha in you. That is, you and others are together as one in "jihi"(mercy). That is, mercy(jihi) is a motive power for us to unite as one.

Now that we get here, we can see that love equals to mercy.

love = mercy

therefore,

God = Buddha

is proved.

I Saw The Light of Mercy in Minamoto-no-Tameyoshi

"Buddha loves all living things, but all living things don't.
Parents always love their children, but children don't."
(Buddhist scripture)

In 1156, an ex-emperor and  an emperor began to fight in Japan. A warrior Minamoto-no-Tameyoshi stood for the ex-emperor and his son Minamoto-no-Yoshitmo stood for the emperor. Then the emperor side won and father Tameyoshi surrendered but his son Yoshitomo plotted to kill him. This is the last words when Tameyoshi was about to be killed. He sighed that he would saved his son'life at the cost of all of my rewards and that a child didn't love a parent as the parent did and said,

"Nevertheless, I don't think my son is bad. May Bonten, Taishaku and all the other Gods save Yoshitomo's sin!"

He forgave Yoshitomo and prayed for his son. Oh, it makes me cry. The last moment betrayed and killed by his son, he prayed for his son. This is the real love of parents.

Well, the words of the Buddhist scripture represent the truth as it is. I compared God's love to amorous love the last, but this time to parent's love. In fact, the both together is less than agape, which is bottomless. Yet ah,

"All living things don't."

We don't love Buddha, mean God. Like children don't love parents as parents do. We absolutely owe our existence to our parents. Without parents, we were nothing. I mean ingratitude, we are just ungrateful. And nevertheless, God, mean Buddha, keep on loving us, cherishing us, watching us
warmly. And even when his son is about to kill his parent, the parent pray for his son. Hi, Atheist, you are loved by Buddha, by God. And you are going to be saved. Its betrayal and ingratitude, which the Saviour will pay for at the cost of His life, will be forgiven. And you will completely lose face and cry like Amiyan did, "Oh, God, we were completely wrong! Please give me one more chance."

"I saw the light of mercy in Minamoto-no-Tameyoshi!"

Happiness lies in feeling Buddha's mercy.
In realizing God's love.
And ah, I'm in blissful moment today all day.

Love Letters From Heaven

Why can Amiyan say "I'm a Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, and Hindu"? Shouldn't he choose one from them? Isn't he unscrupulous? ...you may think. Now, I didn't mean for the first time to be such, admit and praise this and that all. I was an innocent atheist, as modern people are. Then one day I came to feel overwhelming existence of God.

"What on earth is it ?!"

And I searched for every scripture. At first, I began from the Buddhist ones. Then the Koran, the Bible, Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, and so on. They are all love letters from Heaven. In the Buddhist scripture, Buddha and Bodhisattva earnestly confess to me,

"I love you."

In the Koran, in the Bible, and all the other scriptures, God confesses entirely to me,

"I love you so much."

I was in the center of attraction, I felt. I was at a loss what to do, which to take. ( It's not just about me, but all of you may feel like that if you read scriptures.)  Moreover who confess love to me are Buddha and God. It's impossible for me to take one and reject another. I can't. Besides I'm in love with both. And both say,

"You must choose me alone."

Then what shall I do? And I noticed that the appearance of them are different but the body odors are the same. What they emit are the same. I saw the "light of mercy"  from the Buddhist scriptures and the Koran, and "the light of love" from the Bible and Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. But all the lights are just the same. Then I realized that although they told me  "choose me alone," they were the identical being, weren't they? For the lights they emitted from inside were just the same. I said so, and then they said,

"Bingo!"

That's all about Amiyan's secret.
That's the end of it.

Is charity hypocrisy?

Today I came across a dialog of a young couple who talked about charity. Joe put money in a tin for charity for cancer research and Ann got angry and said "Stupid! Rubbish!" What she wants to say is that helping others is a task of the government and we pay tax for it or that he gave money just because he didn't want to appear mean or that he was just embarrassed to refuse the donation, so he did it just because of his cowardice! Oh, who is Ann??? Take it easy. She is the one who is jealous of other's good deeds, I guess. Nowadays I make it a rule to stop and give 100yen(about $1) if asked for donation. Just $1 is not that much, isn't it?

Well, if she would find fault with other' good deeds, I will accept her insistence. Yes, to tell the truth, it is for my sake that I give donation. Yes, I am, I am just a selfish man. What a selfish Amiyan! Buddha has taught me cause and effect principle (as a man sows, so shall he reap), any deed has reward. That is, if you ignore and pass through when someone asks you donation in a loud voice,"Donation please," someday will come when you are in trouble and ask in a loud voice,"Help me! please!"and everybody will ignore and pass you through. I'm afraid of that, so I do it from now. Just $1 per a deed, it pays, doesn't it? If give, given. If not give, not given. That's all. Moreover good deeds, that is love, will be payed not as much, but twice as much as, ten times, hundred times, maybe million times as much. There is no good news like this. It pays well, profitable, lucrative, going and gainful. "Too much for that," you will say. So $1 of love is not just $1. Therefore giving donation is for my sake after all, I admit.

UNSELFISHNESS⇒SELFISHNESS

But the reverse is not always true. That's the secret of love. So God preaches us love. Love is going to be really for our sake after all.

Amiyan's First Arrival

Now I think I will translate Amiyan into English from Japanese. When I set up my site for the first time, I made English pages, not going well as I wanted, I closed it in the past. But in Japanese, only Japanese can take my massages. Amiyan's end is to tell people who don't believe how deeply God loves you and people who believe all religions are in the same one light and to beg them to stop denying each other as saying pagan and reconcile. I admit there are places in scriptures where they say only they are right and the others are wrong. Nonetheless,as my individual experience,in each and every bible I saw the same light! The same light of mercy,light of love! In Buddhist scriptures,in the Bible,in the Koran,in the Soushi,in Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,I saw the same light! I no longer hesitate to proclaim that I am Buddhist,Christian,Muslim and Hindu.No contradiction in me.Rationalists will say things are not so simple,but for one who has broken through the wall of reason with the Spirit,for one whose spiritual eye has opened and has seen that light,things are simple.It was so simple at all.No need to wander.Wavers and doubts have been driven away by this light,disappeared, nothing remained,and only love,sea of love,sea of light of love,flood of the light exists after. To tell this,to tell this light,it is contradictory and impossible to do with words which are based on reason,I wonder.Coming down from the Spirit to reason again and try to tell what cannot be told.

But there is no time to despair.Actually I can see the light from the words in scriptures.For love is put in the words.For love is enshrined in the words.Yes,just with love,anything would be possible...

Now I have just translated it.That's terrible.With my English ability,broken English will be scattered everywhere.Excuse me.If you are native,please correct by yourself.Read between the lines and more!