[TeNuaTe]

I've actually got a bit lost now - what are people objecting to ? The mention of communication with extra terrestrials ?.....or the mention of supranormal powers?

I am objecting to the opening post that seems to ridicule Tibetan Buddhism, the Dhamma and the reported powers of the Tathagata

The Dhamma holds all things are the natural creations of nature following the laws of cause & effect, which condition & combine (sankhara) the six basic elements of earth, wind, fire, water, space & consciousness into solar systems, planets, life & sentient beings

Thus, not being the same as the Judeo-Christian view, in which a Creator God (exclusively) created man in his image, the natural view of Buddhism would not rule out the possibility of other sentient life forms in other solar systems.

Yes...the natural view of Buddhism would not rule out the possibility of UFOs (even if they have not been discerned by the mind)

The natural forces which created the Earth and life upon it would obviously be operating elsewhere in the universe

Regards



Now on that occasion Sunakkhatta, son of the Licchavis, was making this statement before the Vesali assembly: "The recluse Gotama does not have any superhuman states, any distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones"

[The Buddha replied:]

And he will never infer of me according to Dhamma: 'That Blessed One enjoys the various kinds of supernormal power: having been one, he becomes many; having been many, he becomes one; he appears and vanishes; he goes unhindered through a wall, through an enclosure, through a mountain, as though through space; he dives in and out of the earth as though it were water; he walks on water without sinking as though it were earth; seated cross-legged, he travels in space like a bird; with his hand he touches and strokes the moon and sun so powerful and mighty; he wields bodily mastery even as far as the Brahma-world.'

Maha-sihanada Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Lion's Roar