“Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammā Saṁ-Buddhassa”

THE FINEST RELIGION

IN

THE WORLD

TO U NYĀNA, WITH THE HIGHEST MASTERY,

ITALIAN BUDDHIST MONK

Buddhaṁ saranaṁ gacchāmi!

Dhammaṁ saranaṁ gacchāmi!

Saṅghaṁ saranaṁ gacchāmi!

THE LORD OF INFINITE WISDOM

“He is The Exalted One! The Arahat! The Supreme Buddha!

Full of Wisdom and Goodness!

The Happy One! The World-Knower!

The Incomparable Guide of Men to be restrained!

The Teacher of Gods & Men! The Lord Buddha!

THE FINEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD

“Well proclaimed by The Exalted One is The Law!

To be seen in this life itself!

Not belonging to time!

The Law which invites Everyman to come & See!

Leading to the Nibbāna!

To be known for themselves by the Wise!”

“Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammā -Sam-Buddhassa”

THE FINEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD

Let 10 Lion-hearted young Bhikkhus walk from Buddha Gayā to Jerusalem, from

Jerusalem to Rome. And the Saṅghā will be established in the West.

In Missionary Work, Knowledge is A Fundamental Necessity. Controversialists will

forever meet us on the Road, as the days of Our Lord Buddha, and eagerly strive to upset all

Our Most Precious Noble Truths.

If the Buddhist Missionary is A Genuine Ariyan disciple, He will have absolutely no

trouble to meet all Religious controversialists put together. For Our Lord Buddha said:

“When compared with the Attainment of An Ariyan Disciple Who has won Vision, of the

Person Who has Understanding, the attainment of Recluses & Brahmins who are Wanderers,

heretical teachers, does not make up the 100th

, 1000th

, the 100,000th

part! So great in

Attainment, Brethren, is the Person Who has won Vision, so great in Higher Knowledge!”

For the Cultivation of the Higher Knowledge, Books are not absolutely necessary.

The Ancient Arahats had no Books. Mere reading without Practice is worse than useless.

“A man knows only as much as He actually practices.”

All that is required is to do good, to refrain from wrong, and to cleanse the Heart.

When the Heart has been thoroughly cleansed, Wisdom will shine out spontaneously. For,

Sīla Right Conduct purifies Samadhi Concentration. Concentration purifies Paññā Wisdom.

The 13 Dhutangas lead to Wisdom. Hence the Great Necessity for Buddhist Missionaries to

practice the 13 Dhūtāngas! A Genuine Bhikkhu who practices the 13 Dhūtāngas can take

any non-Buddhist controversialist and turn him around His little finger. This is a Noble Fact

of Highest Truth. Only Cause & Effect!

In my wanderings over India, many controversialists and sincere Truth-Seekers have

met me with various questions which I have answered to my full satisfaction. It is impossible

for a Genuine Bhikkhu to entertain doubts in the Religions of Our Lord Buddha, the Finest

Religion in the World.

Buddhism is the Religion of Absolute Wisdom. There is nothing higher than

Buddhism. Buddhism is the Highest.

The 10 Lion-hearted young Bhikkhu Who will walk from Buddha-Gayā to Jerusalem,

from Jerusalem to Rome, must thoroughly trained to answer all Religious questions.

Only by successfully overcoming all adversaries in open debate, can Buddhism sweep

over India and the West. Only by successfully defeating all controversialists can the 10 Lion-

hearted young Bhikkhus plant the Triple Gem over the whole world.

For the benefit of The 10 Lion-hearted young Bhikkhus, I have prepared in convenient form the most important sample questions usually asked by controversialists and

sincere Truth-seekers on the road. If The 10 Lion-hearted young Bhikkhus completely master

the following 25 sample questions with answers, they will have no difficulty in meeting all

other questions on the road, especially if Their Hearts be full of Love and Compassion.

Twenty-Five Questions For „Lions‟

1. Question: What is Man?

Answer: Man is a sentient being belonging to one of the five realms of

existence. The five realms of existence are;

(a) Heaven world.

(b) Human world.

(c) Ghost world.

(d) Animal world.

(e) Purgatory.

2. Question: Where does he come from?

Answer: Man comes from any one of the 5 realms of existence.

3. Question: Who sends him here?

Answer: Craving based on Ignorance sends him here. All is Cause and Effect.

The Complete Formula called Paticcasamupaddo “The Causal Chain of

Causation,” is as follows:

Ignorance is the cause of The Tendencies.

The Tendencies are the cause of Consciousness.

Consciousness is the cause of Mind & Body.

Mind & Body is the cause of The 6 Senses (Sa-Lāyatana).

The 6 Senses are the cause of Contact.

Contact is the cause of Feeling, Vedana.

Feeling is the cause of Craving, Tanhā.

Craving is the cause of Grasping, Upadāna.

Grasping is the cause of Becoming.

Becoming is the cause of Birth.

Birth is the cause of Decay & Death,

Sorrow, Lamentation, Grief, Misery, and Despair.

4. Question: Where will he go?

Answer: If he destroys Craving, he will not be reborn; he will attain The Eternal

Bliss of Nibbāna. If he does not destroy Craving, he will be reborn in one of the 5

realms of existence in accordance with the Law of Cause & Effect. As we have

sown we shall reap.

5. Question: What is Your Aim in Life?

Answer: My Aim in Life in to destroy Rebirth.

6. Question: What are you doing to fulfill your Aim?

Answer: I am trying to destroy Rebirth by destroying Craving. I am trying to

destroy Craving by Meditation and Renunciation. Meditation teaches

Renunciation. Renunciation gives The Nibbana.

7. Question: How do you remove Sorrow?

Answer: Craving is the cause of Sorrow.

Therefore destroy Craving and you destroy Sorrow.

Destroy the Lust of the 6 Senses, and you destroy Sorrow.

Walk on the Noble 8th

Fold Path, and you destroy Sorrow.

Practice (1) Sīla – Moral Conduct

(2) Samādhi – Concentration

(3) Pa¤¤ā – Insight, and you will destroy Sorrow.

8. Question: Who is God (GOD)?

Answer: God is Anyone Who creates Insight, destroys the world, and attains

the Nibbana.

(a) God is Truth.

(b) God is Anyone Who Attains The Nibbana.

Proof:

God is The Highest.

Truth is The Highest.

Therefore, God is Truth.

(Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other).

Again,

God is Truth.

Anyone Who attains Nibbana becomes Incarnated Truth.

Therefore, God is „Anyone who attains Nibbana’. (Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other).

RULE:

Attain Nibbana and you will become God.

Our Lord Buddha has pointed out The Way how to become God.

9. Question: Is Lord Buddha God or a Viceroy of God?

Answer: There are 3 classes of Gods;

(a) Sammuti-Devā __ Conventional Gods, Gods in the public

opinion, i.e., Kings & princes.

(b) Upapatti-Devā __ Being born Divine, i.e., in a Heavenly State.

(c) Visuddhi-Devā __ Beings Divine by Purity, i.e., of great Religious

Merit of Attainment like Arahats & Buddhas.

Off all these Gods, Our Lord Buddha is The Chief. He is The Supreme God,

Devātideva; The God of Gods.

10. Question: What is Life?

Answer: (a). Life is Attachment to the 6 Senses.

(b). Life is A Delirium of Sensual Enjoyment.

11. Question: What is “Worldly Life?”

Answer: “Worldly Life” is to create by Ignorance.

And how does one create by Ignorance?

Dependent on Ignorance is „Craving‟.

Dependent on Craving is „Grasping‟.

Dependent on Grasping is „Coming-to-be‟.

Dependent on Coming-to-be is „Rebirth‟.

Dependent on Rebirth is „Decay & Death‟, Sorrow, Lamentation, Grief,

Misery, & Despair. This is the arising of the world.

12. Question: What is “Holy Life”?

Answer: “Holy Life” is to destroy by Wisdom.

And how does one destroy by Wisdom?

Dependent on Wisdom is Non-craving.

By the utter passionless Ceasing of Craving comes Ceasing of Grasping.

By Ceasing of Grasping comes Ceasing-to-be.

By Ceasing-to-be comes the Ceasing of Birth.

By the Ceasing of Birth comes the Ceasing of Decay and Death, Sorrow,

Lamentation, Grief, Misery, Despair. This is the Destruction of the World.

13. Question: What is the Greatest Thing in the world?

Answer: Wisdom is the Greatest Thing in the world.

WHY?

(a) Because wisdom destroys the world..

(b) Loving kindness, Compassion, Chastity, Nibbana and all other Great things

proceed from Wisdom. Wisdom is the Mother of all Great Things. Therefore

Wisdom is the Greatest Thing in the world.

“Wisdom Good Men declare is best by far,

E’en as the Moon eclipses every star;

Virtue, Fair Fortune, Goodness, it is plain,

All duly follow in the Wise Man’s train.”

“Best be full of Wisdom: These no lust can set afire;

Never the Man with Wisdom filled is slave unto desire.”

14. Question: What is the worst thing in the world?

Answer: Ignorance is the worst thing in the world.

Why?

(a) Because Ignorance creates the world.

(b) Lust, Hatred, Delusion, Misery and all other bad things proceed from

Ignorance. Ignorance is the Mother of all bad things. Therefore Ignorance is

the worst thing in the world.

15. Question: Who created the world?

Answer: Ignorance created and creates the world. For, where there is no

Ignorance, there is no world. The world is ever changing, ever flowing, like a

river, never the same for 2 consecutive moments. Things that change cannot be

said to be. All is „Becoming’. Therefore all is a dream, unreal. The world is void,

without essence. The world is the child of our ignorance. The world is continually

being created by our ignorance.

If God created the world, then God is Ignorance. People worship

Ignorance. Therefore they are ignorant. They become what they worship.

16. Question: Who am I?

Answer: I am a bundle of 5 Elements (Khandas) produced by Craving rooted

in Ignorance.

“Just as it is by the condition precedent of the co-existence of its various parts,

that the word „chariot‟ is used, just so it is that when the 5 Elements (KHANDAS)

are there, we talk of a „Being‟.”

A “Being” is The Craving for the 5 Khandas.

The 5 Elements (Khandhas) are;

RŪPA 1. Body Rūpa

NĀMA

2. Feeling Vedanā

3. Perception Sa¤¤ā

4. Tendencies Sankhārā

5. Consciousness Vi¤¤āṇa

The Cause of the 5 Khandhas is Craving rooted in Ignorance, i.e., regarding

the 5 Khandas as Permanent, Pleasant, Mine, Not Myself!

The Removal of the 5 Khandas is Disgust rooted in Knowledge, i.e., knowing

the 5 Khandas as Impermanent, Painful, Not Mine, Not I!

17. Question: If I am a bundle of 5 Khandhas, what produced the 5 Khandhas?

Answer: Craving produced the 5 Khandhas. What produced Craving?

Ignorance produced Craving. What produced Ignorance?

The Asavas produced Ignorance. (The 4 Asavas are;

a. Kamāsava – Sensuality,

b. Bhavāsava – Rebirth [Lust of Life],

c. Ditthāsava – Speculation,

d. Avijjāsava – Ignorance.)

What produced the Āsavas?

Ignorance produced the Āsavas. Where there is no Ignorance, there are no

Āsavas.

Thus we have come to the end of the series. The series ends in a circle, and

the problem is completely solved without a remainder. A circle denotes

“Zero”. All is Zero. All is Void. And Void of what? Void of the Self!

NOTE: Analyze any other Religion and you will find that all of them

end in A Reminder. Buddhism is the only Religion which solves the problem

without a Remainder. Buddhism is the only Religion with a Perfect

Mathematical Solution.

18. Question: What is Avijjā Ignorance?

Answer: Ignorance is the absence of Vijjā Knowledge. But Knowledge is

something. Therefore Ignorance must be nothing. For, the absence of something

is nothing. But Ignorance produced Craving produced the 5 Khandhas (a

“Being”). Or, Nothing produced Nothing produced Nothing.

There is no Being. A Being is „Nothing‟. All is „Nothing‟. All is Void. There

is only “Becoming.” All things are „Becoming’! And nothing is! Therefore, there

is nothing! All is void! “Sabbe Dhammā Anatta.” “All Mental States are

Impersonal!” The world is Void. And Void of what? Void of THE SELF!

Note: This Perfect Remainder-less Solution exactly agrees with the Perfect

Remainder-less Solution in answer 17. (See above). For, The Truth is One!

19. Question: If all happiness ends in suffering and so life is all suffering, then it is

equally true that all suffering ends in happiness. Is it not so?

Answer: It is so! (a) All happiness ends in suffering and so life is all suffering.

“All that is when clung to fails.” For all things are impermanent, fraught with

suffering, and unstable, empty, void, without essence, without a soul. Vanity of

vanities, all is vanity. Pleasure soon turns stale. When we have eaten all the food

we want, to eat more is painful.

Prince Siddhartha was fed up with pleasures and luxuries. For pleasure, it

turns to pain. The sight of Birth, Old-Age, Disease, and Death drove Him forth

into the wilds, i.e., Pain drove Him forth into the wilds. And this Pain gave Him

the supreme Happiness of supreme Buddha-hood.

The Paticcasamuppado “The Causal Chain of Causation concisely states the

proof as follows;

The Six senses are the cause of Contact.

Contact is the cause of Feeling.

Feeling is the cause of Craving.

Craving is the cause of Grasping.

Grasping is the cause of Becoming.

Becoming is the cause of Birth.

Birth is the cause of Decay & Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Grief,

Misery, and Despair.

So we see that the pleasure of the 6 senses ends in Pain.

(b) It is equally true that all suffering ends in happiness. In the Saṁyutta-Nikaya,

Our lord Buddha follows up “The Causal Chain of Causation” as far as

Arahatship, as follows:

Pain is the cause of Faith.

Faith is the cause of Delight.

Delight is the cause of Calmness.

Calmness is the cause of Happiness.

So we see that Pain ends in Happiness.

Moreover, Happiness is the cause of Samādhi. Samādhi is the cause of

Knowing & Seeing things as they really are. Knowing and Seeing Things as

they really are, is the cause of Weariness. Weariness is the cause of

Passionless. Passionless is the cause of Deliverance. Deliverance is the cause

of Knowledge in Extinction. So Pain leads up to Nibbana the Highest

Happiness.

20. Question: Since Taṇhā Craving is inseparably intertwined with life, is it possible

for a life to annihilate Taṇhā?

Answer: Yes, it is possible for a life to annihilate Taṇhā.

It is true that Taṇhā Craving and Life are inseparably intertwined. For, Taṇhā is

the Cause. And Life is the Effect.

But Life is Pain (the 1st Noble Truth).

And Pain produces Knowledge. Refers to Answer 19 (b)

Knowledge produces Weariness. (above) for the detailed

Weariness destroys Taṇhā. Causal Formula.

Therefore it is The Pain of Life which leads to the destruction of Taṇhā.

21. Question: What is the Complete Causal Formula from beginning to end?

Answer: The Complete Causal Formula from beginning to end?

1. Avijjūpanisā - Sankhārā.

2. Saṅkhārupanisaṁ - Vi¤¤āṇaṁ.

3. Vi¤¤āṇūpanisaṁ - Nāmarūpaṁ.

4. Namarūpūpanisaṁ - Saḷāyatanam.

5. Saḷāyatanūpaniso - Phasso.

6. Phassūpanisā - Vedanā.

7. Vedanūpanisa - Taṇhā.

8. Taṇhūpanisaṁ - Upadānaṁ.

9. Upadānūpaniso - Bhavo.

10. Bhavūpanisa - Jāti

11. Jātupanisaṁ - Dukkhaṁ.

12. Dukkhūpanisa - Saddhā.

13. Saddhūpanisaṁ - Pāmujjaṁ.

14. Pamujjupanisa - Pīti.

15. Pītūpanisā - Passaddhi.

16. Passaddhūpanisaṁ - Sukhaṁ.

17. Sukkhūpaniso - Samādhi

18. Samādhūpanisaṁ - Yathabūta¤āṇadassanaṁ.

19. Yathābūta¤āṇadassanūpanisā - Nibbidā.

20. Nibbidūpaniso - Virāgo.

21. Virāgūpanisa - Vimutti.

22. Vimuttūpanisaṁ - Khaye Ñāṇanti.

1. Ignorance is the cause of The Tendencies.

2. The Tendencies are the cause of Consciousness.

3. Consciousness is the cause of Mind and Body.

4. Mind & Body is the cause of the 6 Senses.

5. The 6 Senses are the cause of Contact.

6. Contact is the cause of Feeling.

7. Feeling is the cause of Craving.

8. Craving is the cause of Grasping.

9. Grasping is the cause of Becoming.

10. Becoming is the cause of Birth.

11. Birth is the cause of Pain

12. Pain is the cause of Faith.

13. Faith is the cause of Delight.

14. Delight is the cause of Joy.

15. Joy is the cause of Calmness.

16. Calmness is the cause of Happiness.

17. Happiness is the cause of Concentration.

18. Concentration is the cause of Knowing & Seeing things are they really are.

19. Knowing and Seeing things as they really are is the cause of Weariness.

20. Weariness is the cause of Passionless.

21. Passionless is the cause of Deliverance.

22. Deliverance is the cause of Knowledge in Extinction.

Here is a Noble Ultra-Scientific Formula the life of which is found nowhere else save

in Buddhism. Only Supreme Buddhas or Their Disciples can give us such a Wondrous

Formula of Highest Truth, leading us from Ignorance to Pleasure, from Pleasure to Pain, and

from Pain to The Highest Happiness of Supreme Nibbana! In the light of such a Glorious

Pain-quenching Formula, if any man brands Buddhism as pessimistic, what can he be but a

fool.

22. Question (A): Who enjoys the world?

Answer: Man enjoys the world.

But man is Avijjā, Ignorance, Nothing, Unreal.

The world is Avijjā, Ignorance, Nothing, Unreal.

Or, The Unreal enjoys the Unreal!

22. Question (B): Who enjoys The Nibbāna?

Answer: The Arahat enjoys The Nibbāna.

But the Arahat is Vijjā, Knowledge, Something, Real.

The Nibbāna is Vijjā, Knowledge, Something, Real.

23. Question: What is the Shortest, Quickest and Only Way to attain the Highest Wisdom,

the Highest Nibbāna?

Answer: Renunciation is the Shortest, Quickest, and Only Way to attain the Highest

Wisdom, the Highest Nibbāna.

Meditation teaches Renunciation.

Renunciation gives the Nibbana.

24. Question: Suppose everybody renounces the world, what will happen to the world?

Answer: If All renounce the world, They will lose this unreal world, and will win

The Real Nibbāna! Which is better, this unreal world or The Real Nibbana?

25. Question: Is Buddhism A Religion?

Answer: To answer this question, we must ask:

What is the Object of Religion?

The object of Religion is to remove Pain (Suffering).

Every man wants to be happy. No one loves pain. If there were no pain in the world,

Religion would be entirely unnecessary and superfluous.

So we must ask: Does Buddhism remove Pain?

We Buddhists profoundly believe that Buddhism (The 8th

Fold Noble Path, for

example) is the Most Scientific and Effective Method for the Removal of Pain. Our Lord

Buddha said: “One Thing alone do I teach now as ever, O Bhikkhus, Sorrow and the

Removal of Sorrow. Just as the Mighty Ocean has but one taste, the taste of salty, in

exactly the same way, the Mighty Dhamma has but One Taste, the Taste of Deliverance.”

Indeed the Buddhists of Burma, Ceylon and Siam are the happiest people on the face

of the earth.

And since Buddhism is the Very Best Method for the Removal of Pain, Buddhism is

The RELIGION par excellence, The Finest RELIGION in the world.

Buddhism is The Religion of Cause & Effect!

The Ultra-Scientific Religion par excellence!

The Finest Religion in The World!

Printed by P. C. Ray at Sri GOURANGA PRESS, 71/1, Mirzapur Street and

Published by Rev. U Ottama, Carmichael Medical College Hospital, Calcutta.

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