Saturday, December 17, 2005

Notes from my class "Buddha and Christ"

Hebrew Alphabet:
Aleph = the first alphabet of the work "elohim" - the god.
           - echoed, divine unity
           - Infinite

Beit = House

Gimmel = Three is the number, that unifies. Trinity.

Delet = Four aspects of reality
          = Death = knowlege

Hei = Five dimention of human soul; which allows us to connect with God.
          Breathing,
        = Physical instinct, emotions

Vav = Space, mass, physical wholeness, to be complete, = six dimensions, 
        = Confession, six days of creation

Zman = Time, remember, remembrance,

Chet = Chai = Life
         = Chalon = Dream
         = Chochmah = Wisdom
         = Chasidut = Piety

Siddhartha:
Temptation (Legends, and its relation to...)
When read Gospels, try to focus on the transition. Read between the lines.

Temptation - helping and offering to make a new realization, to experiment new self.

Because of sins, we do not see the reality clearly any more. Temptations offer to see it clearly.

3 folds; where were 3 folds in Matthews? Bread, Test, Desert.
For Hebrews, desert reminds the liberations of Egypt and stopped at the desert for 40 days.

Bread - One does not live by bread alone but by the words that come out from the mouth of God.

Jesus understands himself as a king. Not worldly king. The authority that was questioned until his last days.

Jesus proclaimed what is powerful in this reality of God.