| f.) You can add any chemical ingredient to a flame (of seed of spirit) and thereby change the color and size. g.) But the essential nature of the fire element remains unchanged. *2.) Buddhism Teaching: Buddha taught: the nature of that which changes, and to achieve perfection of the spirit’s changeable enveloping bodies or forms. *3.) Thus do the changeable and the unchangeable coexist. 4.) So there is no contradiction between the basic principles of Vedanta and Buddhism. |
| ‘Unchangeable seed of the spirit’ versus ‘changeable consciousness and forms’ 1.) Vedanta Teaching: *a.) Emphasized mainly that the seed of the spirit has an [invincible, inviolable and] unchangeable foundation. *b.) The seed of the spirit is a fragment of the fire element. *c.) Consciousness is the energy accumulated around it. *d.) The emanations of the spirit – change with the growth of the consciousness! e.) Fiery spirit maintains its elementary wholeness, because the essence of the elements is immutable [unchanging through time]. |