2007-02-15 03:54:49 · 6 answers · asked by philips e 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Buddha subdued Baka Brahma with wisdom.
"When I discovered how fearful is phenomenal existence,
So are both craving for existence,and non-existence,
I affirmed acceptance to no mode of existence,
Nor relished,nor clung to,anything".
2007-02-16 00:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baka BrahmÄ (literally "crane-BrahmÄ") appears in the Majjhima Nikaya, where he is a deity who believes that his world is permanent and without decay (and that therefore he is immortal), and that therefore there are no higher worlds than his. The Buddha refutes Baka's claims, relating the concept of anitya or impermanence, but one of Baka's attendants (influenced by MÄra) asserts that Baka is the Creator, that those who praise him will be rewarded, but those who deny his powers will be terribly punished. The Buddha identifies the real speaker as MÄra, and states that he is free of his power.
Baka then states that it is futile to escape his domain (which he imagines to be universal), and points out that if the Buddha depends upon any of the things within Baka's cognizance, he will be within his realm, and Baka can act upon him as he sees fit. The Buddha responds that Baka does have this much power, but that there are realms which Baka knows nothing of, and that the Buddha's knowledge places him beyond Baka's power. Baka is at last convinced by a display of the Buddha's superior magical power and his ability to explain his present situation by reference to his past lives.
Baka was in a past life a human ascetic named Kesava; by various means he saved many people from destruction. For his meditative prowess he was born as a Bá¹hatphala deva, and in successive rebirths gradually sank through the levels of the RÅ«padhÄtu until he became an ordinary BrahmÄ.
On another occasion, Baka believes that no monk or ascetic can enter his world (through supramundane powers of manifestation), but the Buddha himself and several of his disciples visit him to prove him wrong.
2007-02-15 04:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by rock d 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know who or what Baka Brahma was or rather represents.
what book/chapter/verse?
2007-02-15 04:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by vicarious_notion 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He fended off his attacks by using his stelthy moves and then used reason to help him come to a more enlightened place.
2007-02-15 04:02:48 · answer #4 · answered by wyntur1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He offered him a doughnut and played soothing music on the recorder...
2007-02-15 03:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Marbles 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He rode him to the bell.
Then the rodeo clowns stepped in.
2007-02-15 04:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋