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**FEti0TUI** · 08-05-2011, 05:33 PM

Am I missing something here?

I was looking for Dharma podcasts when I came across a Buddhist monk named Kusala Bhikshu.
In the first of his talks that I select (The Path Is Not The Goal) about 4 minutes into the start of the recording and he states that there can only be one Buddha at a time and that the next one is in Heaven waiting to be born!

the podcast is here http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma9/dharmatalks.html its the second one down.

I really don't understand why a Buddhist monk is telling use there's a Heaven

Yes, there are different views about this, depending on which tradition one follows.

Personally I prefer to think that 'heaven' is one of a number of mental states that we can experience....and that any other belief about it falls within the realm of speculation.

08-05-2011, 05:33 PM	#3
FEti0TUI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	Am I missing something here? I was looking for Dharma podcasts when I came across a Buddhist monk named Kusala Bhikshu. In the first of his talks that I select (The Path Is Not The Goal) about 4 minutes into the start of the recording and he states that there can only be one Buddha at a time and that the next one is in Heaven waiting to be born! the podcast is here http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma9/dharmatalks.html its the second one down. I really don't understand why a Buddhist monk is telling use there's a Heaven Yes, there are different views about this, depending on which tradition one follows. Personally I prefer to think that 'heaven' is one of a number of mental states that we can experience....and that any other belief about it falls within the realm of speculation.
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