Their beliefs are often deemed to be similar to Theosophy, but mixed with the already mentioned extraterrestrial concerns. Before listing their core beliefs it should be noted this list derived from statements from them so any remaining bias is primarily theirs.
They believe that service to mankind is the most essential yoga or religion in these days.
They believe that Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and other religious leaders were of extraterrestrial origin and came to Earth to help mankind.
They believe that the esse ...
According to the sutta and commentarial texts, omens seen at the time of Angulimala's birth (the flashing of weapons in the city, and the appearance of the 'constellation of thieves' in the sky) indicated that Angulimala would become a robber. Angulimala's father, the Brahmin chaplain to the king of Kosala, named him Ahimsaka ("harmless"), possibly as an attempt to deter the dark fate predicted at his birth (Pad indicates that he was initially named Himsaka ("harmful" ...
Age of Apocalypse - Mutant heroes.
X-Men: led by Magneto out of the ruined Xavier mansion, which never became a school in this universe; divided into two teams:
Astonishing X-Men (Uncanny X-Men in normal continuity): Rogue (leader), Morph (Changeling in normal continuity), Blink, Sunfire, Sabretooth, Wild Child
Amazing X-Men (X-Men in normal continuity): Quicksilver (leader), Iceman, Exodus, Dazzler, Storm, Banshee
former X-Men include Jean Grey, Weapon X (Wolverine in normal cont ...
Bhakti is the Hindu term that signifies a blissful, selfless and overwhelming love of God as the beloved Father, Mother, Child, or whatever relationship or aspect of God that finds appeal in the devotee's heart. The philosophy of Bhakti seeks to tap into the universal divinity through personal form, which explains the proliferation of so many gods and Goddesses in India, often reflecting the personal inclinations of small regions or groups of people. This also explains Hinduism's pluralism and ability to absorb other faith-based religions. However, the bhakti movements are monotheistic movements that has be ...
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two collateral branches of the family that participate in the struggle are the Kauravas, the elder branch of the family, and the Pandavas, the younger branch.
The struggle culminates leading to the Great battle of Kurukshetra, and the Pandavas are ultimately victorious. The Mahabharata itself ends with the death of Krishna, and the subsequent end of his dynasty, and ascent of the Pandava brothers to Heaven. ...
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Scientists and naturalist philosophers largely agree that humans consist of a body alone (roughly the physicalist or reductionist view); or that they also have minds, the locus of, or another word for, consciousness (roughly the dualist position).
However, many people further believe that humans also have a soul or spirit that survives death; that is, they believe there is an afterlife. There is debate within religious organizations as to whether non-human animals can be said to have souls; some believe they do, while others believe t ...
In contrast to the mainstream version, where the very existence of mutants was unknown to the public for a long time, mutants were a known minority from the beginning. In the very first pages of Ultimate X-Men #1, Magneto proclaims the existence and the superiority of mutantkind, and in Ultimate X-Men #7, the X-Men went public. Throughout the whole comic, mutants are a minority which is not directly persecuted, but looked warily upon.
Ultima ...
In the Age of Apocalypse storyline, Professor X was killed years before he ever formed the X-Men. An alternate reality unfolded into which the 2,000-year old super mutant Apocalypse gained control of North America and implemented a genocide campaign against regular humans.
Clarise Ferguson was born in Cartusia, Bahamas. Her purple skin complexion revealed her to be a mutant at birth. Her parents accepted this fact but feared their daughter would not be accepted by the local population. When Clarice was four, the Fergusons moved to Miami, Florida, United States. They hoped Miami would be home to a mutan ...
Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual.
According to Theosophy, nature does not operate by chance. Every event, past or present, happens because of laws which are part of a Universal Paradigm. Theosophists hold that everything, living or not, is "impregnated" with Consciousness. This paradigm has been called variously God (nonpersonal), Law, Heaven, the Great Architect, Evolution, and Logos. The term used in this article is "paradigm."
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It is said that the great sage Vishwamitra, once approached Harishchandra and informed him of a promise made by the king during the sage's dream to donate his entire kingdom. (Accounts differ on how the sage had got the promise from the king. Some other legends say, it was by way of pacification when the king had once disturbed the sage's penance to his consternation.) Harishchandra was so virtuous, that he immediately made good his word and don ...
The following are detailed analyses of the above stated solutions.
Theodicy - The free will theodicy.
Assume that both God and Man possess ultimate free will. This certainly entails the possibility of evil acts, making the free will theodicy plausible prima facie.
But must free will necessarily lead to evil? How did evil come to be in the first place? One explanation is that humans are corrupt at heart; but that would assume a will that is evil rather than free. Another explanation is that to ...
The philosophic and theological diversity of Hinduism is limitless, being nurtured by the fundamentally eclectic and liberal universalism that is its defining characteristic. It is impossible to summarize all the schools of thought and inquiry produced or harboured over the millennia by the peoples of India. Some of the more ancient and long-established philosophies are elaborated upon below, all of which accept the Veda ...
Eckankar teaches that spiritual experience and spiritual liberation in this lifetime are available to all by actively exploring the spiritual worlds through Soul Travel [2], dreams [3], and other spiritual techniques. Eckankar's belief is that Soul is eternal and is the individual's true identity, not the body. You are Soul; you exist because God loves you. You are on a journey of Self-Realization and God-Realization. ECKists believe that giving love and service to their family and community is one way to increas ...
Shri Madhvacharya, like Ramanuja espoused a Vaishnava Theology that understands Brahman as endowed with attributes and as a personal God, Vishnu. By Brahman, he referred to Vishnu, as per his statement that Brahman can only refer to Vishnu -- brahmashabdashcha vishhNAveva. Madhva states that Vishnu is not just any other deity, but is rather the singular, all-important and supreme one. Vishnu is always the primary object of worship, and all others are regarded as subordinate to Him. The deities and other sentient beings are graded among themselves, with Vayu, the god of Life, being the ...
While Brahman lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the tools provided by reason. Brahman is beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond imagination. Indeed, the highest idea is that Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one t ...
Causality - Aristotle.
Aristotle suggested four types of cause for a thing that exists: Material, Efficient, Final and Formal.
Take for example the causality involved in creating a silver chalice used in a religious ceremony (this example is from Martin Heidegger). The four causes of the event of its creation are:
The material cause would be the silver used to fabricate the chalice; the raw matter required by the event.
The formal cause would be the chalice design itself ...
Devil - Christianity.
Christianity understands the Devil in the context of the Old Testament. Unlike Manichaeism which teaches a coeval dualism, Christians see the devil as a corrupted or fallen angel. He was Lucifer, an angel in authority before the Creation (theology) who fell because of pride and because he waged a war against God. The key fact in understanding the devil is that he was originally a holy being who was corrupted by pride< ...
Hinduism - The Eternal Way.
"Sanātana Dharma" (सनातन धर्म, The Eternal Values ), the traditional name of Hinduism, speaks to the idea that certain spiritual principles hold eternally true, transcending man-made constructs, representing a pure science of consciousness. This consciousness is not merely that of the body or mind and intellect, but of a transcendental state that exists within and beyond our existence, the unsullied Soul of all. Religion to the Hindu is the eternal sear ...
The "Clones" are what Rome calls the listeners of the show. Their devotion to Rome along with their use of "smack" makes them different from normal people, but all the same as each other. Unfortunately, callers often only reiterate Rome's exact take on an issue. During the day, Rome saves the recordings of the best calls in the rack (with the term "rack him" or "rack her" after a call, as a signal to the audience that he enjoyed the caller's take). At the end of the show, The Huge Call of the Day (the best call in Rome's opinion) is r ...
The enlightenment (Bodhi) of the Buddha Gautama was simultaneously his liberation from suffering and his insight into the nature of the universe – particularly the nature of the lives of ‘sentient beings’ (principally humans and animals). What the Buddha awakened to (Bodhi means ‘to awaken’) was the truth of dependent origination. This is the understanding that any phenomenon ‘exists’ only because of the ‘existence’ of other phenomena in an incredibly complex web of cause and effect covering time past, time present a ...
NB: While Wizard Magazine published a list of supposedly-decimated characters, it has been confirmed by Marvel sources that the list includes mutants who still have their powers [1], and also includes non-mutant characters. This list therefore should not be trusted.
Revealed in House of M #8:
Magneto / "Erik Lensherr"
Mirage / Danielle Moonstar
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