Tuesday, 24 June 2014

BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES, CONCEPT OF GOD AND MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:

BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES, CONCEPT OF GOD AND MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:








BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:

Historical criticism has proved that the original teachings of Buddha can never be known. 
It seems that Gautama Buddha’s teachings were memorized by his disciples. After Buddha’s 
death a council was held at Rajagaha so that the words of Buddha could be recited and agreed upon. 
There were differences of opinion and conflicting memories in the council. Opinion of Kayshapa 
and Ananda who were prominent disciples of Buddha were given preference. A hundred years later, 
a second council at Vesali was held. 

      Only after 400 years, after the death of Buddha were his teachings  and doctrines written down. 
Little attention was paid regarding its authenticity, genuineness and purity.
 

Buddhist Scriptures can be divided into Pali and Sanskrit Literature:

A. Pali Literature:
 
The Pali literature was monopolized by the Hinayana sect of Buddhism.
Tri Pitaka
The most important of all Buddhist scriptures is the TRI-PITAKA which is in Pali text. 
It is supposed to be the earliest recorded Buddhist literature which was written in the 1st Century 
B.C.

The TRI-PITAKA or Three Baskets of law is composed of 3 books:

1. VinayaPitaka: ‘Rules of Conduct’
 
his is a boTok of discipline and mainly deals with rules of the order.
 
2. SuttaPitaka: ‘Discourses’
   
It is a collection of sermons and discourses of Gautama Buddha and the incidents in his life.
 It is the most important Pitaka and consists of five divisions known as Nikayas. 
Dhammapada is the most famous Pali literature and contains aphorisms 
and short statements covering the truth.
 
 3. Abhidhamma: ‘Analysis of Doctrine’
   
This third basket contains meta physical doctrines and is known as Buddhist meta physicals. 
It is an analytical and logical elaboration of the first two pitakas. It contains analysis and 
exposition of Buddhist doctrine.

B. Sanskrit Literature:
 
Sanskrit literature was preferred by the Mahayana. Sanskrit literature has not been 

reduced to a collection or in Cannon like the Pali literature. Thus much of the original Sanskrit 
literature has been lost. Some were translated into other languages like Chinese and are now 
being re-translated into Sanskrit. 
 
1. Mahavastu: ‘Sublime Story’
 
Mahavastu is the most famous work in Sanskrit which has been restored from its Chinese translation.

 It consists of voluminous collection of legendary stories.
 
2.Lalitavistara
 
Lalitavistara is one of the holiest of the Sanskrit literature. It belongs to the first century C.E., 500 

years after the death of Buddha. It contains the miracles which the superstition loving 
people have attributed to Buddha.
 

II. TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA:

A. Noble Truths:
 
The principal teachings of Gautama Buddha can be summarised in what the Buddhists call the 

‘Four Noble Truths’:

First – There is suffering and misery in life .

Second – The cause of this suffering and misery is desire.

Third – Suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire.

Fourth – Desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path.

B. The Noble Eight Fold Path:
 
(i) Right Views

(ii) Right Thoughts

(iii) Right Speech

(iv) Right Actions

(v) Right Livelihood

(vi) Right Efforts

(vii) Right Mindfulness

(viii) Right Meditation


C. Nirvana:
 
Nirvana' literally means "blowing out" or "extinction". According to Buddhism, 
this is the ultimate goal of life and can be described in various words. It is a cessation of all sorrows, 
 which can be achieved by removing desire by following the Eight Fold Path.
 
III. PHILOSOPHY OF BUDDHISM IS SELF – CONTRADICTORY:

As mentioned earlier, the main teachings of Buddhism are summarised in the Four Noble Truths:
(i) There is suffering and misery in life.

(ii) The cause of suffering and misery is desire.

(iii) Suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire.

(iv) Desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path.
 
This Philosophy of Buddhism is self-contradictory or self-defeating because the third truth says 
‘suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire’ and the fourth truth says that 'desire 
can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path'.

Now, for any person to follow Buddhism he should first have the desire to follow the Four Noble 

Truths and the Eight Fold Path. The Third great Noble Truth says that desire should be removed.
 Once you remove desire, how can we follow the Fourth Noble truth i.e. follow the Eight Fold Path
 unless we have a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. In short desire can only be removed by
 having a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. If you do not follow the Eight Fold Path, desire 
cannot be removed. It is self contradicting as well as self-defeating to say that desire will only be 
removed by continuously having a desire.

CONCEPT OF GOD AND MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN 
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:


CONCEPT OF GOD

Buddha was silent about the existence or non-existence of God. It may be that since India was 
 drowned in idol worship and anthropomorphism that a sudden step to monotheism would have
 been drastic and hence Buddha may have chosen to remain silent on the issue of God. He did not 
deny the existence of God. Buddha was once asked by a disciple whether God exists? He refused 
to reply. When pressed, he said that if you are suffering from a stomach ache would you
 concentrate on relieving the pain or studying the prescription of the physician. 

"It is not my business or yours to find out whether there is God – our business is to remove the
 sufferings of the world".
Buddhism provided Dhamma or the ‘impersonal law’ in place of God. However this could not 
 satisfy the craving of human beings and the religion of self-help had to be converted into a religion
 of promise and hope. The Hinayana sect could not hold out any promise of external help to the 
people. The Mahayana sect taught that Buddha’s watchful and compassionate eyes are on all
 miserable beings, thus making a God out of Buddha. Many scholars consider the evolution of 
God within Buddhism as an effect of Hinduism.

Many Buddhists adopted the local god and thus the religion of ‘No-God’ was transformed into the
 religion of ‘Many-Gods’ – big and small, strong and weak and male and female. 
The ‘Man-God’ appears on earth in human form and incarnates from time to time. 
 Buddha was against the caste-system prevalent in the Hindu society.


MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:
1. Buddha prophesised the advent of a Maitreya:
 
A) Almost all Buddhist books contain this prophecy. It is in ChakkavattiSinhnadSuttanta D. III, 76:
"There will arise in the world a Buddha named Maitreya (the benevolent one) a holy one, a supreme one, an enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe:

"What he has realized by his own supernatural knowledge he will publish to this universe. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at its climax, glorious at the goal, in the spirit and the letter. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and thoroughly pure; even as I now preach my religion and a like life do proclaim. He will keep up the society of monks numbering many thousands, even as now I keep up a society of monks numbering many hundreds".

B) According to Sacred Books of the East volume 35 pg. 225:
 
"It is said that I am not an only Buddha upon whom the leadership and order is dependent. After me another Buddha maitreya of such and such virtues will come. I am now the leader of hundreds, he will be the leader of thousands."

C) According to the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 217 and 218 (From Ceylon sources):

"Ananda said to the Blessed One, ‘Who shall teach us when thou art gone?'


And the Blessed one replied, 'I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise in the world, a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and pure such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands while mine number many hundreds.'
Ananda said, 'How shall we know him?'

The Blessed one replied, 'He will be known as Maitreya'."
(i) The Sanskrit word ‘Maitreya’ or its equivalent in Pali ‘Metteyya’ means loving, compassionate, merciful and benevolent. It also means kindness and friendliness, sympathy, etc. One Arabic word which is equivalent to all these words is ‘Rahmat’. In Surah Al-Anbiya:

"We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures."
[Al-Qur’an 21:107]

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was called the merciful, which is ‘Maitri’.

(ii) The words Mercy and Merciful are mentioned in the Holy Qur’an no less than 409 times.
 
(iii) Every chapter of the Glorious Qur’an, except Chapter 9, i.e. Surah Taubah begins with the beautiful formula, 'BismillahHir-RahmanNir-Rahim', which means 'In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful'.
 
(iv) The Word Muhammad is also spelt as ‘Mahamet’ or ‘Mahomet’ and in various other ways in different languages. The word ‘Maho’ or ‘Maha’ in Pali and Sanskrit mean Great and Illustrious and ‘Metta’ means mercy. Therefore ‘Mahomet’ means ‘Great Mercy’.
2. Buddha’s doctrine was Esoteric and Exoteric:
 
According to Sacred Books of the East, volume 11, pg. 36 Maha-ParinibbanaSutta chapter 2 verse 32:
"I have preached the truth without making any distinction between exoteric and esoteric doctrine, for in respect of truths, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps something back".

Muhammad (pbuh) on the commandment of Almighty God delivered the message and doctrine without making any distinction between esoteric and exoteric. The Qur'an was recited in public in the days of the Prophet and is being done so till date. The Prophet had strictly forbidden the Muslims from hiding the doctrine

3. Devoted Servitors of the Buddhas:
 
According to Sacred Books of the East volume 11 pg. 97 Maha-ParinibbanaSutta Chapter 5 verse 36:

"Then the Blessed one addressed the brethren, and said, ‘Whosoever, brethren have been Arahat-Buddhas through the long ages of the past, they were servitors just as devoted to those Blessed ones as Ananda has been to me. And whosoever brethren shall be the Arahat-Buddhas of the future, there shall be servitors as devoted to those Blessed ones as Ananda has been to me’."

The Servitor of Buddha was Ananda. Muhammad (pbuh) also had a servitor by the name Anas (r.a.) who was the son of Malik. Anas (r.a...) was presented to the Prophet by his parents. Anas (r.a...) relates: "My mother said to him, 'Oh Messenger of God, here is your little servant'." Further Anas relates, "I served him from the time I was 8 years old and the Prophet called me his son and his little beloved". Anas (r.a...) stayed by the Prophet in peace and in war, in safety as well as in danger till the end of his life.

i)  Anas (r.a.), even though he was only 11 years old stayed beside the Prophet during the battle of Uhud where the Prophet’s life was in great danger.
 
ii) Even during the battle of Honain when the Prophet was surrounded by the enemies who were archers, Anas (r.a...) who was only 16 years old stood by the Prophet.

Anas (R) can surely be compared with Ananda who stood by Gautam Buddha when the mad elephant approached him.

4. Six Criteria for Identifying Buddha:
 
According to the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 214:
"The Blessed one said, ‘There are two occasions on which a Tathagata’s appearance becomes clear and exceedingly bright. In the night Ananda, in which a Tathagata attains to the supreme and perfect insight, and in the night in which he passes finally away in that ultra passing which leaves nothing whatever of his earthly existence to remain.’ "
According to Gautam Buddha, following are the six criteria for identifying a Buddha.
 
i) A Buddha attains supreme and perfect insight at night-time.
 
ii) On the occasion of his complete enlightenment he looks exceedingly bright
 
iii) A Buddha dies a natural death.
 
iv) He dies at night-time.
 
v)  He looks exceedingly bright before his death.
 
vi) After his death a Buddha ceases to exist on earth.

i)  Muhammad (pbuh) attained supreme insight and Prophethood at night-time.

According to Surah Dukhan:

"By the books that makes thing clear – We sent it down during a blessed night."
[Al-Qur'an 44:2-3]

According to Surah Al-Qadar:

"We have indeed revealed this (message) in the night of power."
[Al-Qur'an 97:1]

ii) Muhammad (pbuh) instantly felt his understanding illumined with celestial light.
 
iii) Muhammad (pbuh) died a natural death.
iv) According to Ayesha (r.a.), Muhammad (pbuh) expired at night-time. When he was dying there was no oil in the lamp and his wife Ayesha (r.a.) had to borrow oil for the lamp.
 
v) According to Anas (r.a.), Muhammad (pbuh) looked exceedingly bright in the night of his death.
 
vi) After the burial of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) he was never seen again in his bodily form on this earth.

5. Buddhas are only Preachers:

According to Dhammapada, Sacred Books of East volume 10 pg., 67:

"The Jathagatas (Buddhas) are only Preachers."

The Qur’an says in Surah Ghashiya:

"Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs." [Al-Qur'an 88:21-22]

6. Identification of Maitreya by Buddha:
 
According to Dhammapada, MattayaSutta, 151:

"The promised one will be:

i) Compassionate for the whole creation

ii) A messenger of peace, a peace-maker

iii) The most successful in the world.

The Maitreya as a Preacher of morals will be:

i) Truthful

ii) Self-respecting

iii) Gentle and noble

iv) Not proud

v) As a king to creatures

vi) An example to others in deeds and in words".



Tuesday, 22 April 2014

ASK PEACE: A CALL TOWARDS ISLAM: ROTATION OF SUN IN QUR'AN, BIBLE, VEDAS ETC..


ASK PEACE: A CALL TOWARDS ISLAM: ROTATION OF SUN IN QUR'AN, BIBLE, A VEDAS ETC..


Assalamu alaikum sir...one of my friend posted that sun and moon are rotating in their own axis....then i commented that it is known to muslims 1400 years back then he replied that it is known to christians 2000 years back and 3000 years back to jews and for hindus from time immortal..how to answer him...I need your help..jazakallahumma qairann


ANSWER:



Praise be to Allah



THE SUN ROTATES IN THE QUR'AN:



For a long time European philosophers and scientists believed that the earth stood still in the center of the universe and every other body including the sun moved around it. In the West, this geocentric concept of the universe was prevalent right from the time of Ptolemy in the second century B.C. In 1512, Nicholas Copernicus put forward his Heliocentric Theory of Planetary Motion, which asserted that the sun is motionless at the center of the solar system with the planets revolving around it. In 1609, the German scientist Yohannus Keppler published the ‘Astronomia Nova’. In this he concluded that not only do the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun, they also rotate upon their axes at irregular speeds. With this knowledge it became possible for European scientists to explain correctly many of the mechanisms of the solar system, including the sequence of night and day.


After these discoveries, it was thought that the Sun was stationary and did not rotate about its axis like the Earth. I remember having studied this fallacy from Geography books during my school days.

Consider the following Qur’anic verse:


“It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon:

All (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.”
[Al-Qur’an 21:33]


The Arabic word used in the above verse is yasbahoon . This word is derived from the word sabaha. It carries with it the idea of motion that comes from any moving body. If you use this word for a person on the ground, it would not mean that he is rolling but would imply that he is walking or running. If you use this word for a person in water, it would not mean that he is floating but would imply that he is swimming. Similarly, if you use the word yasbah for a celestial body such as the sun, it would not only mean that it is flying through space but would also mean that it is rotating as it goes through space. Most school textbooks have now incorporated the fact that the sun rotates about its axis. The rotation of the sun about its own axis can be proved with the help of an equipment that projects the image of the sun on the top of a table, so that one can examine the image of the sun without being blinded. 


It is noticed that the sun has spots which complete a circular motion once every 25 days i.e. the sun takes approximately 25 days to rotate round its axis. The sun travels through space at roughly 240 km per second, and takes about 200 million years to complete one revolution around the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.


“It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according to Law).”
[Al-Qur’an 36:40]


This verse mentions an essential fact discovered. This verse mentions an essential fact discovered
only recently by modern astronomy, i.e. the existence of the individual orbits of the Sun and the Moon, and their journey through space with their own motion. The ‘fixed place’ towards which the sun travels, carrying with it the solar system, has been located precisely by modern astronomy. It has been given a name, the Solar Apex. The solar system is indeed moving in space towards a point situated in the constellation of Hercules (alpha Lyrae) whose exact location is now firmly established. The moon rotates around its axis in the same duration that it takes to revolve around the earth. It takes approximately 29½ days to complete one rotation. One cannot help but be amazed at the scientific accuracy of the Qur’anic verses. Should we not ponder over the question:
“What is the source of knowledge contained in the Qur’an?”




REGARDING THE HEAVENS IN THE BIBLE:



The pillars of the Heaven will tremble.
[ Bible says in Job, Ch. 26, Verse 11]


Don`t you see? 

Bible says heaven have got pillars. Not only do the Heavens have got pillars - Bible says in the first book of 

“[Even the earth have got pillars”
[Samuel, Ch. No.2 Verses No.8, as well as the book of Job Ch. No.9, Verse No.6, and the book of Psalms Ch. No.75, Verse No.3]


Ask him or her where it mention in the bible about the Sun and its rotation ? Heavens(sun etc..) don’t move, got pillars , earth got pillars.





REGARDING THE HEAVENS IN THE HINDU SCRIPTURE:



ERRORS IN HINDUS SCRIPTURES:


1) Earth is fixed, don't rotate or revolve.
2) Sky stand on support.
3) Even earth got pillars.
4) Sun Revolve around the Earth.
5)Horse take the Sun to the Sky.


"He who fixed firm the earth that staggered, and set at rest the agitated mountains, who measured out the air's wide middle region and gave the heaven support, he men is indra.
[Rigveda Book 2 hymn 12 Mantra 2]


"God has firmly fixed that earth with pegs around it 
[Yajur Vedas Ch 5 Mantra 16]


"A lamp kept in a windless place does not shake."
[Bhagavad Gita Ch 6 verse 19]




2. VEDAS SAY SUN MOVES AROUND THE EARTH ON A GOLDEN CHARIOT WITH HIS 7 HORSES



As the Vedas Claim that the earth is static and so they tried to prove that the sun moves around the earth. The following statement from the rig Ved tries to clarify it:


1. "Sun is full of light and knows all the human beings, so his (horses) take him to sky to look at the world" [Rig Ved Book 1 Hymn 50 Mantra 1]


2. "O, Bright sun, a chariot named harit with seven horses takes you to sky"

[Rig Ved Book 1 Hymn 50 Mantra 8]


3. "O, man, the sun who is most attractive, takes round of the earth, on his golden chariot through the sky and removes the darkness of the earth"

[Yajur Ved Ch 33 Verse 43]



There are many unscientific things or potion in the Vedas and Baghwath Geeta. One scientific error is enough to prove it’s not the books of God neither completely guidance to whole mankind.


"And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."
[Al-Qur'an ch 17 Verses 81]


Sister it very clear that what other scripture speak about the Sun and its nature etc.. And According to the Science, its came to know recentely means 100 year back, 300 year back for Science. Allahamdulilah The creator of the Universe is Allah himself, mentioned in the Qur’an 1400 year ago. That time Unknow  to Humankind. All the people says this and that….etc.. only theory only and nothing else.



Allah says in the Qur’an
“produce a proof if your truthful”
[Al-Qur’an ch 2 Verse 112]


Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?
[Al-Qru’an ch 41 Verse 53]


Allah knows the best.

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

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It is not befitting for a believing man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah anHis Messenger, to have any option about their decision.
 [Al-Qur’an ch 33 Verse 36]

The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these that will attain felicity.
[Al-Qur’an ch 24 Verse 51]







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unan An-Nasai has the fewest weak ahadith after the two Sahih collections. This Sunan is one of the six is al-Mujtaba or as-Sunan as-Sughara, which is a synopsis of a large collection of ahadith which he considered to be fairly reliable. In the smaller collection, only those ahadith which he considered to be reliable have been included.


It was compiled by the great scholar of hadith, Abu Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin Shu'aib bin Bahr An-Nasai (Nasa' of Khurasan) (214-303AH). Imam An-Nasai, like other great scholars of hadith traveled to Baghdad, Ash-Sham, Egypt, Mecca, and many other cities to seek knowledge.


He received the praises of many scholars including Ad-Daraqutni who said about him: "He is given preference over all others who are mentioned with this knowledge from the people of his time". Some scholars consider his compilation to have the least number of defective or weak narrations among the four Sunan. This great book of his contains 5761 ahadith, making it as an invaluable addition to anyone's library. 




SUNAN IBN MAJAH (5 VOL. SET)







 
















 



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Ahadith began to be put down in writing even during the era of the Prophet (S), but these Ahadith were no better than compilations individuals. Their purpose was just to put them down in writing, with: regard for order or sequence. Later, during the caliphate of 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz (99 AH-101 AH), the state undertook this task but most of the works in this field were the products of individual labor. During the second century of the Hijra calendar, famous books like Muwatta' of Imam Malik and Musnad of Imam Shafi were prepared but the third stage recording Ahadith, known as the Golden Age, came only in the third century AH. Many collections were made in this age. These included the Six Books (Kutub Sittah), popularly known as the Sound Six (Sahah Sitta), Sunan of Ibn Majah being one of them and considered the last of them.

                                     
Sunan Ibn Majah began to be included in the Six Books by the end of the fifth century AH. Since then, in every succeeding age, it kept on growing value and importance. With respect to soundness and strength, Sunan Ad Darimi, Sunan Ad-Daraqutni and other books of Sunan were superior Sunan Ibn Majah but they did not gain popularity like Sunan Ibn Majah.


It is to be noted that Sunan is a technical term used by scholars of Had sciences to denote a book of Ahadith relating to legal rulings, from the Chapters of Purification down to the Chapter on Wills in the same order as followed in books of Islamic jurisprudence.

How important and useful the Sunan Ibn Majah is, can also be gauged the fact that when Ibn Majah showed his work to Imam Abu Zar'ah, the latter remarked: 'If this book reached the public, all or most of the existing Jawami would cease to be used. The words of Imam Abu Zar'ah proved be true to the last letter. Several Jawami, Musnads and Sunan were eclipsed by Ibn Majah's Sunan.

Hafiz Ibn Hajar termed the book Jami' Jaiyid (a good, comprehensive Hadith collection).

The book, As-Sunan by Imam Ibn Majah was an excellent and beneficial work that stunned the scholars of his time.



He himself said about the book: "I showed this book to Abu Zur'ah Razi. He checked it and said, 'I think if people lay their hands on this book, all or most of other great compiled works will become unnecessary." 





MUSNAD IMAM AHMAD BIN HANBAL (SET OF FIRST 3 VOLUMES)























One of the greatest compilations of the sunnah and books of hadith is the Musnad by Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, which is organized into compilations of the hadiths narrated by each Companion (Sahabi), starting with the 'asharah mubashsharah ("the ten who were promised Paradise"). This highlights their status and the efforts they made to preserve the ahadeeth of the Messenger of Allah (S).

The scholars and muhadditheen praised the Musnad of Imam Ahmad. Al-Hafiz Abu Moosa al-Madeeni wrote a book in which he highlighted the great features of the Musnad. In his book he said: "This book is an important source and trustworthy reference for the scholars of hadeeth, as he (Imam Ahmad) selected from the large number of hadith he came across and the plentiful reports he heard, and he put a great deal of effort into making it a prominent, leading and reliable source. When disputing an issue, it is a refuge and a source of help."