What are the names of the buddah?

[rdwillia]

Hello Taijasi,

Thanks for all of the great info. I'll have to go do some research now. I have a lot of respect for Theosophicism (I just made that up for lack of knowledge of the proper term. I'm quite fond of it already.) Althought I personally feel Buddhism is all encompassing, Theosophy has a excellent grasp on the larger picture which is often-times very useful.

As for this:

Consider that on Aug. 5, 1927, Nicholas Roerich's travel party had a bona fide UFO sighting, fully 20 years before even the Roswell Incident. A Tibetan lama with the group acknowledged this as a most favorable sign from the Ruler of Shambhala (Rigden Jyepo), saying essentially that the hand of God was protecting them.

I have read about this many times, as I am a huge ufo/paranormal buff. I should mention that I have had an apparent UFO experience myself, which I wont go into here, as it is waaay off topic (but you can check it out here if you're interested http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page270.html). I have read that for many, many years the lamas of the Himalayas have seen a great many things in the miraculous world of Shambala and the Himalayas in gereral. I know Buddhism generally teaches that odd and/or paranormal, occurances such as these don't mean much and can't act as obsticles to our progress. However, in my opinion, whatever I saw was, was a great kick in the pants and amazing wake-up call. I wonder what "they" are really doing up there?

Thanks again for the great insight and references!

~Ricky

[I, Brian]

Okay, let's try and remember that this is the Buddhism board, so it's somewhat invasive to start demonstrating a non-Buddhist view of Buddhism, when people are asking for a Buddhist understanding of an issue.

For Theosophy, the Modern Religions board is probably more appropriate.