LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL
Brief and simplified discernment on The Untold Truth Of Buddhism (msn.com) (and among many others):
Basically, clearly saying that the real and true emancipation and guidance of the Buddha are not known and understood. And to elaborate on or regarding the concept of "God" (rather than the whole essay content) as had discerned in diverse ways in diverse past discernments. Due diverse reasons such as:
1.0 If people and communities focus on "God", then emperors would be less relevant since millenniums tradition was that emperors were descendants and representatives of "God" or heaven and earth
2.0 Forbidden and hidden knowledge and practices doctrines. And in particularly, adaptation and assimilation to the fall and rise of emperors and dynasties throughout the millenniums
3.0 The concept of "God" was impossible to comprehend and conceptualize
4.0 The emphasis on immediate and practical self-realization and self-realization practices. And Dharma actions rendering the concept of "God" less relevant or mistaken for no "God".
5.0 The lack of scientific methods, resources, and means.
These and their causalities are main reasons why "God" concept is not part of the tradition. However, in reality and truth or nature of reality and truth, "God" concept is ultimate philosophy of Gautama Buddha. And which was not understood: "Dependent and Interdependent Origination" and "Dependent and Interdependent Arising" means or clearly indicated existence of Ground of Nature and Being (or "God") for life and existence to exist as known. And such experience led to inspirations, aspirations, and yearnings for philosophy of 4 Noble Truth and 8+2 Noble Path or of self-realization and self-actualization. And Dharma actions through skillful means.
And self-realization and self-actualization (as also mentioned in the essay) are the means of empowerment and liberation to achieve essential and meaningful transformation, experience, bliss, and knowing. And as had been praised and cherished by Nagarjuna (or the representative patriarch of the Nalanda tradition) in diverse ways. And also, the core of Nagarjuna philosophy. And later on, core philosophy of the Nalanda tradition. Another simple way of stating is "Dependent and Interdependent Origination" and "Dependent and Interdependent Arising" is the ultimate philosophy of Buddhism. And which applied across realms and worlds from the infinite finite part to the infinitely infinite parts of sum of parts of the greater whole. And which also gave rise to core Buddhist "Emptiness", "Flux", "Impermanence", "Form-Formless", and "Non-Dual" philosophies. And which are related to with "Self" and "No-Self" philosophy (would not be coherent and consistent with just "Atman" or "Anatman").
These philosophies collectively expressed Universal process of "Being and Becoming" or continuous dynamical, transformative, and evolving or emerging essence and nature of being and becoming not only as individual; rather as intertwined and entangled parts of sum of parts of the greater whole.
Another way of saying is essential and meaningful long-lasting transformation, experience, bliss, and ascension locally and non-locall in the known physical world. And beyond can only be through self-realization and self-actualization. However, due to the main reasons mentioned in 1.0-5.0, the Ground of Nature and Becoming or Source of Existence ("Dependent and Interdependent Origination"). And the Ground of Being and Becoming ("Dependent and Interdependent Arising") were not understood. And neglected throughout the millenniums.
In brief summary, since Gautama Buddha experience and emancipation are embedded not only in the philosophy nor only in scientific conceptualization metaphors, rather also embodied through practical practices or ways of life of being and becoming (such as 4 Noble Truth and 8+2 Noble Path). And furthermore, are the core of all traditions without exception. And as such, are the real and true emancipation and guidance of Gautama Buddha. And which also indicated or are empirical evidence that Universal Process of Being and Becoming facilitating by Ground of Being and Becoming or Source of Existence and Ground of Being and Becoming or "God" are inherent and central to the authentic tradition, discipline, and practices.
Further elaboration and complementary as inspiration and celebration of shared and collective culture, heritage, common ground, common and greater good, and spirit. And their diversity, pluralism, and potentialities of possibilities through illustration of the Trinity:
Being and becoming is expression and manifestation of evolution transitioning and emerging of such as inspirations, aspirations, passions, yearnings, love, light (such as from cosmic origin to sentient spirit-soul spectra-field), compassion, or sentient traits, characteristics, and qualities or the continuous emergence of the essence and nature of being and becoming (and as illustrated through "Why Does Religion Create Indoctrination & Prejudice?" Asks John Sexton | Interaction With Gurudev - YouTube. And among many other global scholars and practitioners forums, debates, seminars, conferences and groups analyses, and presentations). And as such, are expression of the spirit (not only in term of the psy. Rather, also in real spirit-soul or form-formless spectra-field or body-mind or many sentient composite body-mind system is irreducible) or natural spiritual process (or naturalness-spiritual process) expression and manifestation. And as such, being and becoming as the parts of, being and becoming as Ground of Being and Becoming, and Ground of Nature and Becoming were expressed as irreducible or as parts of sum of parts of the greater whole through the Trinity philosophy.
The collective spirit process of being and becoming was termed "Holy Spirit". Another simple way of saying is the part or son in the "Trinity" is sentient, the father in the Trinity is the "Ground of Being and Becoming" or "God", the "Holy Spirit" is the sacred of the collective relationship process of being and being, and "God" (which should be rereferred to the Ground of Being and Becoming") in the middle is representative of not only the "Ground of Nature and Becoming" or the Source. Rather also their irreducible collective greater whole or as Oneness of Wholeness. Another simple way of stating is the Trinity, despite in its simplicity, illustrated of philosophy and meanings of "Dependent and Interdependent Origination", "Dependent and Interdependent Arising", and "Emptiness" "Form-Formless" or "Nothing Has Its Own Intrinsic Inherent Independent Existence" or how the Universe arose from self-realized and self-actualized simplicity to complexity and beyond as irreducible parts of sum of parts of the greater whole. And as currently experiencing on earth.
And overall, the Trinity also emphasized on "Non-Dual" and "Relational" philosophies or "Unitary and Complementary Intertwined and Entangled of The Parts as Sum of Parts of the Greater whole" (i.e. sacred and divine "Holy Spirit" and "Father" and "Son" were used to emphasize on the essence and nature of non-dual and relational (the constructed of the Trinity reflected such as social, cultural, language, knowledge, political, and conditions of those days rather than "God" is male or human. Another way of saying is "The Ground of Being and Becoming" ("God" metaphor) and "The Ground of Nature and Becoming" or the Source are of spirit realm and world form-formless. And which created or reason for existence of emerging subtle body-mind or spirit-soul potentialities of possibilities in sentient many sentient composite body-mind system in the known physical world. And existence of spirit realm and world. And thus, the use of "Holy Spirt". A simple way of saying is all the words used are metaphors). And the essence of nature or the whole is in all. And inclusive or "Love and Care for All".
And as such, when view in such context, decoding and explaining the essence of the Trinity would be easier or precise ways of being and becoming through Universal process of being and becoming as parts of sum of parts of the greater whole or Oneness of Wholeness.
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