Robert Korczynski holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan with Majors in Psychology and Sociology, and Minors in Philosophy and Comparative Religions. He is an avowed Agnostic. The following is an excerpt from his book, Buddha's Big Foot, which is an academic investigation into the influence of King Ashoka's Buddhist Missionaries within the religions of the ancient world. In this online version, red italic letters are used for any text attributed to the Buddha or Jesus, regardless of the source. The common term, "the Lord" is used interchangeably to refer to both, as the teachings of Jesus have been shown to come directly from the teachings of the Buddha through ancient number-based forms of translation. (See the revolutionary work of the Danish linguist Dr. Christian Lindtner.) The following is copyrighted material. _______________________________________________________ The teachings of the Buddha, the Sutras, are pointing at the absolute, the uncombined, the ever changing essence of all things, and the essence inside each one of us. We all have Buddha-nature; we just don’t realize it, because we identify so strongly with all the things that are not a part of our original essence. In the Gospel of Thomas, the Lord says: “I am the one who comes from what is whole. I was given from the things of my father.” [Salome (says)“I am your follower.”] “For this reason I say, if one is (whole), one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness.” (…He) said to them: “When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make the male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in the place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom].” This resolution of opposites is called a “Samadhi” in Sanskrit, and a “Satori” in Japanese. The use of the words “divided” and “one” should be seen in the context of what is called Dualism. (...)
Here are similar statements from both The Gospel of Thomas, and (what purports to be) The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene: “During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it alive. When you are in the light, what will you do?” “On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?” – Gospel of Thomas second half of saying 11. He said: “You were in the light, you were the light, you were one. Now you have become two, and can reflect the light unendingly, but you think you are in darkness.” –(Unauthorized) Gospel of Magdalene saying 8. Both of these sayings reflect Buddha’s teachings from a Dualistic approach. Compare with Ephesians 2:14 thru 2:18, written by Paul (Greek: “Paulos”) in the King James Version of the Bible: “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one spirit unto the Father.”
The traditional interpretation of this passage (by Christians) is that this is exclusively talking about how Jews and Gentiles can both access God, through “Jesus.” But there are four times that the “2 into 1” concept is used in this passage, the first use is contextually related to Jews and Gentiles being included in the “Church of Christ.” But the second, and third repetitions are far more related to a “Buddhist” Dualism, and the resolution of that dualism thru cutting the hostility, hate, and antagonism that come from a deluded mind. They are very similar to the two quotations from the Gospel of Thomas, and Gospel of Magdalene (that preceded it). While the last repetition, contextually, is a reference to people near and far who will hear the message of Peace, and will have access to the one Father through the many paths of the Lord. This resolution of dualism, or enlightened state, is shown to us by the, “state of being,” that the Buddha is said to have entered into before teaching in the Sutras: his mind had become, “perfectly tranquil.” Your ego mind is sometimes referred to as a “chatterbox,” and for a beginner, another way of describing the resolution of dualism is to point out that you can attempt to, “quiet the chatterbox,” using certain, “meditation techniques.” The fact is, Gautama Buddha’s teachings, and many notable and anonymous writers have founded, absorbed, influenced, or left the footprint of Buddha-dharma on: “Buddhism,” Brahmanism (Hinduism), Ancient Greek Ethics (Cynicism and Skepticism), the Hebrew religion, Gnostic Christianity, Mandaeaism, Manichaeaism, and the whole of Asia. From the time that the British first arrived in India hundreds of years ago, up until today, this has been like a volcano getting ready to erupt. Nothing can stop the truth, and the truth, for the first time in two thousand years, is finally available, for anyone who wants to know it, for anyone who has the wisdom (Sophia) to see it. The Lord said: “When the crop ripened, the person came quickly with sickle in hand and harvested it. Whoever has ears to hear should hear.” – Gospel of Thomas saying 21, last lines. Libraries contain knowledge, but accessing that knowledge is limited to the amount, and kinds of books available, your time to read, and your ability to research. The internet, on the other hand (with a search engine, hyperlinks, and a mouse) is a very powerful tool, use it to verify any and all of this information. -Excerpt taken from chapter 6 of Buddha's Big Foot.
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