Are the paths of Buddha and Shiva different?

Are the paths of Buddha and Shiva different?

I have great respect for the Buddha; he was a great man, without a doubt. What he did was extraordinary. He created a huge spiritual life that still exists after 2500 years. So, the difference between Shiva and the Buddha is not an appropriate question. The Buddha was very scientific, very spiritual. If you look at any spiritual process anywhere on this planet, you will see that it is not outside the 112 ways that Shiva discovered. Sir, I want to know the fundamental difference between Shiva’s path and the Buddha’s path. Regarding the Buddha’s path, it’s very easy because it’s very logical. Actually, it’s quite simple and a very long process. In general, the methods that the Buddha transmitted to people are always a journey of several lifetimes. You can clearly see this. Today, Buddhists always talk about this, especially Tibetan Buddhists, who are the most famous Buddhists in the world today, for whatever political reasons they… He always talks about the work done over several lifetimes, so if you have the patience to be willing to work over several lifetimes, the Buddha’s way is a very effective, very scientific, step-by-step process that one can follow because it is the path of awareness. The meaning of walking on the path of awareness is that there are markers along the way that tell you you’ve gone one mile, two miles, ten miles; they tell you where you are. That ‘s the most important aspect. That process doesn’t require too much faith or dedication; you can still develop because you have a method to hold onto. You just keep doing it. Keep doing it. Keep doing it. It clearly shows you that you are progressing. But with Shiva, there is no such guarantee, and that day doesn’t set important markers. You don’t know if you’re moving forward or backward, but you’re going somewhere. That’s all you know, like falling into a hole. That sounds scary, but I want you to understand this: the hole is nothing. The safest place to fall into a bottomed hole is very dangerous, a bottomless hole is dangerous. It ‘s the end of your life, just jump in, that’s it, you simply fall in. If you’ve ever thought about it, if you’ve ever… If you’re freefalling, then if you don’t open your parachute at a distance of several thousand feet, you don’t know if you’re going down or up, nothing at all, just feeling like you’re floating around, and that’s amazing. Only when you look down, the damn planet is hurtling towards you at incredible speed. If this planet isn’t there, then this is an amazing experience. Only when you look down, it will hurt you at incredible speed, that’s the problem. Falling is not a negative thing, falling is a great thing. Have you ever been in love? Only when you touch it does things get bad. If you fall into a bottomless hole, there’s no problem. Shiva is a bottomless hole. His methods are very different, but you don’t… How can you limit him in any way because with seven different disciples, seven sharis, the great philosopher of old, he taught seven basic ways for humans to discover their consciousness. From these seven ways, in multiples of seven, it goes further and there are 112 different ways he discovered. And he said, “This is all there is to it.” There’s a story like this… oh, no time to tell the story. So he explained 112 different ways for humans to reach the pinnacle of their process. These 112 ways are the 112 chakras in the body. There are 114, but two of those are outside the physical body. He left them out, and he said there are 112 different ways to achieve it while you still have a physical body. That means every chakra in the body, every point of convergence of the energy system is a specific way to achieve it. He didn’t leave anything out. The Buddha’s path is a small part of his methods. I want you to understand that… The Buddha’s body wasn’t simply sitting in the forest; he spent eight years practicing meditation with many different teachers throughout the country. The entire backbone of this spiritual process, this knowledge, essentially comes from Shiva. Wherever you are in the world, the basic spiritual process originates from this backbone, and it has been brought to many places around the world in many different forms. They look very different because these two different ways look completely different from each other. So, what is the difference between Shiva and the Buddha is not an appropriate question. What aspect of Shiva did the Buddha explore? He explored the path of consciousness; that is one aspect, it is very one-dimensional. But importantly, the Buddha was very scientific, very clinical. He attracted the mind of Lu Xi, but he remained like this; he also sat like this. Sometimes he was an ascetic, he just sat still, but sometimes he danced wildly, passionately. He was in all kinds of states because he didn’t limit himself to anything. No particular direction is needed to explore all aspects of life, so what you call the Buddha’s path is just one aspect of 112 different ways, and many others have brought many other aspects, but in their own ways. Among these seven disciples, among these seven great Sages, there was one who went south. South means anything south of the Himalayas is South. I’m talking to all the people of Mumbai, anything south of the Himalayas is South. So Agasa went south, and he became especially popular. Beyond the Vindia mountain range. Do you know the story of Mount Vindia, where Agasa bowed his head and never returned? Do you know that story? No? You have to learn something about India. Especially the Dean plateau. He spread himself in such a way that everywhere people lived on the plateau that day, he reached. Wherever you see, you will hear something about Agasa, and that day… He began to act to revitalize the countryside. He spared no human dwelling place; he brought the spiritual process to the lives of every person, the entire population. People say he lived for over 4000 years. We don’t know how long he lived, but certainly his life was not an ordinary one; it was extraordinarily long. If you calculate the distance he traveled, if you set a speedometer for that day and see how many miles he traveled, you can see it was an extremely long period. We don’t know if it was 400 years or 4000 years; people say 4000. But certainly he lived a very long time and touched every dwelling place, ensuring that the spiritual process became a vibrant reality for everyone. We are still enjoying the fruits of his labor. I want you to know this: the South of India is still enjoying the fruits of his labor. I don’t know why, but a certain level of natural stability that you see is the result of his work. He brought Yoga into people’s lives without a label, without a format, just like the process of living, like waking up in the morning, brushing your teeth, cooking, eating—all these things he transformed into a spiritual process, and we are still enjoying the benefits of it. If you look at any spiritual process anywhere on this planet, you will see it is not outside the 112 ways that Shiva discovered. So comparing the Buddha and Shiva is inappropriate. I have great respect for the Buddha; he was a great man, without a doubt. What he did was extraordinary; he created a huge spiritual wave that still exists after 2500 years. But it is incomparable, there is no way to compare it. What we can say about what the Buddha did is only a small part of Shiva’s work; it’s less than 1 part because among the 112 ways, the Buddha discovered one. And the important thing is that he… He promoted it very well and encouraged thousands to follow that path, that’s his success, but it’s a bit overwhelming. You can’t do that. You should market it. That day, that day he won’t continue. But that day started its work 40 to 60,000 years ago, but after 60,000 or 40,000 years it still exists. You can’t eradicate it, can you? You still can’t eradicate it, right? When I finish my life, I’m sure I’ll make that day a little more famous than today. Yoga is a science to understand the mechanisms of life, a means for you to connect with the deepest nature within yourself. Yoga, designed by Satru, has helped transform millions of people around the world to have a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life.