Whether God exists or not may be an external ontological question. The living Buddhas who have walked the earth, however, have demonstrated the reality of the egoless state. They have demonstrated too that it is only the egoless, unified being that can lead individuals, society, and the world entire to any abiding happiness.If God is love, the Buddhas have manifested love in its sublime purity. If God is bliss, they have live the most active lives working for the good of humanity while their consciousness and existence springs directly from ecstasy. If God is knowledge, they have stood as living examples of Omniscient Self, kindling the light of the knowledge that leads to love and bliss in all human beings.Even if all religion and the idea of God were to disappear from the earth, the world would be transformed if human beings accepted the glorious example and teachings of the living Buddhas.The flowering of Enlightenment, however, expresses itself uniquely. Just as not two flowers are alike, no two Enlightened Ones are the same. Each is unique, without artificiality. All knowledge and ignorance are transcended, ever-absorbed in the blissful, egoless state of Sat-Chit-Ananda, Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute. Their lives and teachings flow in a creative stream from their infinite being, a freshly appropriate revelation to the individual, the moment, the age and to all time, all at once, forever. The Buddhas, their lives and interactions, their teachings, offer us living, maythic images which contain and reflect the whole within us, and release the energy necessary for the evolutionary movement of our own souls. (Excerpt from The Incredible Life of a Himalayan Yogi: The Times, Teachings and Life of Living Shiva Baba Lokenath by Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari).
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