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    The Rock and The Buddha
    The Rock and The Buddha
    The Rock and The Buddha
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    The Rock and The Buddha

    By Philip Gould

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    This book is a semi fictional approach to Buddhism. It tells the story of man from Moses to Buddha and Jesus leading to the life philosophy of enlightenment. The book shows how Judaism and Christianity are woven together in the Nichiren Buddhist life philosophy of empowerment and absolute happiness necessary to accomplish World Peace. It is an easy to follow approach to Buddhism.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilip Gould
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
    ISBN9781310652264
    The Rock and The Buddha
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    Philip Gould

    Philip Gould is a graduate of U.C.L.A. in Political Science and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from U.S.C. He is now living and working as a teacher in The Philippines.

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      The Rock and The Buddha - Philip Gould

      The Rock And

      The Buddha

      A Unique Introduction to Buddhism

      By Philip Jay Gould

      Copyright 2011 Philip Jay Gould

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free ebook, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied, and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com. Thank you for your support.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Preface

      Chapter 1 - The Ten Commandments

      Chapter 2 - The Rock Meets the Buddha

      Chapter 3 - Ashoka The Great

      Chapter 4 - Jesus and the Rock

      Chapter 5 - Kumarajiva, The Great Translator

      Chapter 6 - Nichiren Daishonin and the Rebirth of Buddhism

      Chapter 7 - The Buddha Creates the Gohonzon

      Chapter 8 - Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

      Chapter 9 - Josie Toda

      Chapter 10 - Daisaku Ikeda

      Chapter 11 - The Ten Worlds

      Chapter 12 - The Mutual Possession of the Ten Worlds

      Chapter 13 - The Nine Consciousnesses

      Chapter 14 - Recipe for Happiness: Faith, Practice and Study

      Chapter 15 - Dependent Origination

      Chapter 16 - The River of Faith: The Rock Takes Flight

      Preface

      Buddha means the awakened one. So anyone can become a Buddha. Anyone can wake up from ignorance and delusion and discover their enlightened self within.

      To fully wake up and become aware involves effort, study, a mentor, and perseverance. The primary principle of the Buddhist life philosophy is that nothing is more precious than human life. To uncover this great value and manifest it in your daily life is to experience Buddhahood or enlightenment.

      Yet Buddhahood is not a fixed event. Rather, it is a process that continues forever. Buddhas always learn and improve day by day.

      Furthermore, Buddhahood has no restrictions. In other words, a Catholic, a Jew, a Christian, a Moslem, a Hindu, an atheist, an agnostic, - all of these people can become enlightened and absolutely happy.

      To develop the compassion, courage, wisdom, and joy of a Buddha is an awe inspiring experience that all people have a right to achieve.

      This book is a tool to help you become awakened to your ultimate potential. I know you can do it. I want you to experience Buddhhood for yourself, and I know this book will help.

      Enjoy.

      Chapter 1

      The Ten Commandments

      Senji was a rock, not a pebble or a bolder, just a rock - one you could hold in your hand. Senji lived 4,000 BC in the forest; but he was actually three million years old. He always thought to himself, ‘Why can’t I walk, or jump or fly? Why do I have to just sit here and wait for something to move me? I can’t even roll over by my self. How pitiful." Senji the rock wanted to be active not just re-active. He wanted to take the initiative.

      This went on for thousands of years. Of course, the wind sometimes nudged him a little. Even the rain kept him clean from time to time. However, the sun baked down on him mercilessly. Sometimes it rained so hard he ended up swept into fast moving rivers, with splashing rapids, and traveling for miles, rolling over and over in the water. Sometimes he ended up on the bottom of a swamp. It took many years for Senji to get used to this, but he knew he had no choice. He had to endure until he could find another way.

      Then one day, while he lay on the bank of the Nile River, a man came by, and picked up Senji. The man carried the rock in his leather bag for miles as he climbed up a mountain. The man’s name was Moses. This was in 1,901 B.C. When he got to the top of the mountain, Moses took the rock, and placed it on a large boulder. Then Moses lit a fire and proceeded to try to melt Senji in the red flames. When the rock got hot enough, Moses placed it on the boulder and proceeded to hit Senji over and over again with a large stone. Senji couldn’t figure out what was happening, but he noticed that he was starting to loose some weight.

      Rocks, like Senji, are of three types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. The transformation of one rock type into another through time is the Rock Cycle.

      Each type of rock experiences either destruction or transformation as it is forced out of equilibrium – with the environment. In other words there must be harmony between a rock and its environment, or else all hell breaks loose. Senji was continually changing. Part of him was igneous, part sedimentary, and part metamorphic.

      Igneous rocks are formed when the molten magma from volcanoes cools down. Sedentary rocks are formed from sediments, by compaction, which is a binding together. Metamorphic rocks are formed by varying pressure and temperature conditions. Although rocks are divided into groups; there are no strict boundaries. By increase or decrease in their minerals they pass gradually into one another. Thus the distinctive structures of one rock may merge into those of another. In other words, rocks, like humans, are constantly going through changes; kind of like the different races of man, intermarrying, coming together, separating, etc. And of course, Senji was no exception.

      Senji also possessed iron, silicon, amber, jet, which is formed from decaying wood; mercury; opal, vulcanite, etc. He was undergoing a metamorphosis. Senji also possessed deep in his core two ounces of pure gold and three diamonds. No one knew this, because it was hidden, even from Senji. As a rock, Senji had already experienced many lifetimes, and interacted with different life forms - rejecting some while fusing with others. In the rock world Senji was not a pure-breed, but rather a mutt.

      Meanwhile, Moses kept pounding the rock until it developed a point. Then Moses put Senji back into the fire until the tip became molten hot. All the molecules were twirling and spinning round inside Senji – getting squeezed and pushed, contracting and expanding. It was very uncomfortable, but Senji stayed together as best he could. Then, Moses let Senji cool off for a little while.

      Soon, Moses picked up Senji and started carving Hebrew letters on a stone tablet. Senji did not know what was being carved, but it turns out that it was the original Ten Commandments. Every thought Moses had flowed from his mind, down his arm, to his hand and into Senji, the rock. Every thought was transformed and The Ten Commandments became the Law. This went on for days. All the other elements in nature silently applauded as Senji participated in the writing of the Ten Commandments.

      Man and Rock had worked together. The inspiration Moses brought forth from within his soul, flowed purely and directly through all the minerals, and components of Senji. It appears as though Senji the rock had been transformed into Senji the ‘Law-Giver.’

      Parts of Senji physically fused to the inner carvings of each letter, and thus Senji was able to gain immortality. Thou Shall Not Kill…. that’s Senji. Thou Shall Not Steal - that is Senji, also. Little did Senji know, but this experience made him a part of mankind’s destiny. These laws were made to guide and protect people during very barbaric times in human history. These commandments were necessary so a tribe could eventually become a civilized society.

      When Moses finished, Senji was a little smaller than before. Moses put the rock down on the ground; picked up the tablets he had just created; and descended the mountain to the valley below. Senji was left alone again.

      Soon the mountain, known as Mount Sinai, started to shake and rumble fiercely. There was a tremendous earthquake. Senji was hurled off, rolling and bumping, bouncing and flying hundreds of feet down onto the ground below and into a rapidly moving river. This took Senji miles away from the mountain through the desert deep into a forest on the other side of the valley. There Senji rested for hundreds of years, alone again, and

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