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."
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."
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