在舊約裏,JEHOVAH真正的意思就是“I AM WHO I AM", 還說JESUS和他的父親"ARE ONE".
直接的意思就是,我自己是我自己。無法用人類語言講的更清楚了。
佛陀講了什麽?每個人都是未來的佛陀,佛心在每個人裏麵。佛陀避免了談“上帝”,因為說到最後,就是那個超越一切的自我存在。在你肉體出生以前就存在,當然肉體沒了以後照樣存在。是個不變的存在,永恒。
看看佛總結的:
If you can let go of everything: Objects, Concepts, Teachers, Buddha, Self, Senses, Memories, Life, Death, Freedom, Let go and all suffering will cease. The world will appear in its pristine self-existing nature, and you will experience of freedom of Buddha.
這是深奧又簡單的道理。如果你什麽都放棄了,包括自己,佛,生命,自由,物質,死亡,你就立刻回歸到真正的存在,你就是那個I AM WHO I AM了。和JEHOVAH是同一個道理。
注意!佛把佛自己都歸納在你應該放棄的範圍內。懂了吧。:-)
基督為了避免人們誤解,特地說了下麵這番話:
Luke 17:20-21 “Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
關於芥末子的解釋:
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
他的意思是,天國就像一個小小芥末子,你播撒在自己的田裏,讓他長大成樹,讓後讓世界上的萬物來此休息。
注意,他可沒說天國在高高的天上,他說天國就在你麵前,你自己培養成樹。這個道理和佛陀說的“了解你自己,你就了解了一切”沒有不同。