miricals in Buddhisum Flashcards
list different accounts of miricals occuring within Buddhisum
Buddha’s birth - born from mothers side and could walk and talk immediatly
Buddhas floating hair - upon commiting to a monastic lifestyle the Buddha cut off all his hair and said if my hair does not float i won’t become enlightended and then his hair floated in mid air
what was Buddha’s view upon miricals
The Buddha viewed miricals and danderous, viewing them as leading to self obsortion and issues with the ego
The Buddha was once asked to make a monk preform a mirical so that people would belive in him
the Buddha refused instead believing in using the dharma to make people believe in him
Budda made it an offence in the Pati-Mokka for monks and nuns who posses miraculous powers to use them
Buddha did not deny that miricals do occur however he did not believe that they served a purpose in leading people towaed Nirvana
how do zen buddhists and theravada buddhists view miricals
miricals are unessessary if not delusional
