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		<title>By: Tinzar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the answers are relative which means both yes or no are possible or impossible which is like Einstein relativity theory. They are the questions are like Me when i was 1 year old and Me when i am 20 years old the same? You can say yes or no whatever you like. There will be another why-questions for either yes or no.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the answers are relative which means both yes or no are possible or impossible which is like Einstein relativity theory. They are the questions are like Me when i was 1 year old and Me when i am 20 years old the same? You can say yes or no whatever you like. There will be another why-questions for either yes or no.</p>
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		<title>By: Chandraparkash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks 

It is a useful website</description>
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<p>It is a useful website</p>
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		<title>By: Madhura Gauranga Das</title>
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		<dc:creator>Madhura Gauranga Das</dc:creator>
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		<description>Reference (Buddhist texts) to the questions that Lord Buddha did not answer, also called as â€œSilences 
of Buddhaâ€ 

1)	Milinda â€“ Panha : 426-432; Middle length Sayings 2 : 97-101
2)	Samyutta Nikaaya-3 : 115-117; Kindred Sayings : 99-101

The questions were asked by Malunkyaputta.

When Malunkyaputta asked these questions, Lord Buddha said â€œthese questions are meaningless and not relevant to the amelioration (solution to) of suffering.â€
Lord Buddha gave the example that when an arrow strikes a person, there is no use of investigating as to who shot the arrow? What is the substance with which the arrow is made? Etc.

Why Lord Buddha did not answer?
Lord Buddha did not answer the questions does not mean that He did not know the answer. He is the incarnation of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna who is the source of all vedas (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyaâ€¦BG 15.15)

In the third chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, while describing the various incarnations of the Lord, Srila Suta gosvami mentions about Lord Buddha in SB 1.3.24.
The verse is SB 1.3.24.
tatahÌ£ kalau sampravrÌ£tte / sammohÄya sura-dvisÌ£Äm
buddho nÄmnÄÃ±jana-sutahÌ£ / kÄ«katÌ£esÌ£u bhavisÌ£yati
in this verse, the words â€œsammohaaya sura dvisaamâ€ indicate that Lord Buddha appeared to delude the atheists.

Below is the excerpt from the purport of Srila Prabhupada to Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.24. In this Purport Srila Prabhupada answers all your questions.

â€œTechnically Lord Buddha&#039;s philosophy is called atheistic because there is no acceptance of the Supreme Lord and because that system of philosophy denied the authority of the Vedas. 
But that is an act of camouflage by the Lord. Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Godhead. As such, he is the original propounder of Vedic knowledge. He therefore cannot reject Vedic philosophy. But he rejected it outwardly because the sura-dvisÌ£a, or the demons who are always envious of the devotees of Godhead, try to support cow-killing or animal-killing from the pages of the Vedas, and this is now being done by the modernized sannyÄsÄ«s. Lord Buddha had to reject the authority of the Vedas altogether. This is simply technical, and had it not been so he would not have been so accepted as the incarnation of Godhead. Nor would he have been worshiped in the transcendental songs of the poet Jayadeva, who is a VaisÌ£nÌ£ava ÄcÄrya. Lord Buddha preached the preliminary principles of the Vedas in a manner suitable for the time being (and so also did ÅšaÅ„karÄcÄrya) to establish the authority of the Vedas. Therefore both Lord Buddha and Ä€cÄrya ÅšaÅ„kara paved the path of theism, and VaisÌ£nÌ£ava ÄcÄryas, specifically Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, led the people on the path towards a realization of going back to Godhead.â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reference (Buddhist texts) to the questions that Lord Buddha did not answer, also called as â€œSilences<br />
of Buddhaâ€ </p>
<p>1)	Milinda â€“ Panha : 426-432; Middle length Sayings 2 : 97-101<br />
2)	Samyutta Nikaaya-3 : 115-117; Kindred Sayings : 99-101</p>
<p>The questions were asked by Malunkyaputta.</p>
<p>When Malunkyaputta asked these questions, Lord Buddha said â€œthese questions are meaningless and not relevant to the amelioration (solution to) of suffering.â€<br />
Lord Buddha gave the example that when an arrow strikes a person, there is no use of investigating as to who shot the arrow? What is the substance with which the arrow is made? Etc.</p>
<p>Why Lord Buddha did not answer?<br />
Lord Buddha did not answer the questions does not mean that He did not know the answer. He is the incarnation of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna who is the source of all vedas (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyaâ€¦BG 15.15)</p>
<p>In the third chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, while describing the various incarnations of the Lord, Srila Suta gosvami mentions about Lord Buddha in SB 1.3.24.<br />
The verse is SB 1.3.24.<br />
tatahÌ£ kalau sampravrÌ£tte / sammohÄya sura-dvisÌ£Äm<br />
buddho nÄmnÄÃ±jana-sutahÌ£ / kÄ«katÌ£esÌ£u bhavisÌ£yati<br />
in this verse, the words â€œsammohaaya sura dvisaamâ€ indicate that Lord Buddha appeared to delude the atheists.</p>
<p>Below is the excerpt from the purport of Srila Prabhupada to Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.24. In this Purport Srila Prabhupada answers all your questions.</p>
<p>â€œTechnically Lord Buddha&#8217;s philosophy is called atheistic because there is no acceptance of the Supreme Lord and because that system of philosophy denied the authority of the Vedas.<br />
But that is an act of camouflage by the Lord. Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Godhead. As such, he is the original propounder of Vedic knowledge. He therefore cannot reject Vedic philosophy. But he rejected it outwardly because the sura-dvisÌ£a, or the demons who are always envious of the devotees of Godhead, try to support cow-killing or animal-killing from the pages of the Vedas, and this is now being done by the modernized sannyÄsÄ«s. Lord Buddha had to reject the authority of the Vedas altogether. This is simply technical, and had it not been so he would not have been so accepted as the incarnation of Godhead. Nor would he have been worshiped in the transcendental songs of the poet Jayadeva, who is a VaisÌ£nÌ£ava ÄcÄrya. Lord Buddha preached the preliminary principles of the Vedas in a manner suitable for the time being (and so also did ÅšaÅ„karÄcÄrya) to establish the authority of the Vedas. Therefore both Lord Buddha and Ä€cÄrya ÅšaÅ„kara paved the path of theism, and VaisÌ£nÌ£ava ÄcÄryas, specifically Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, led the people on the path towards a realization of going back to Godhead.â€</p>
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		<title>By: praveen</title>
		<link>http://absolutetruth.in/2008/09/questions-that-lord-buddha-did-not-answer/#comment-92</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting...Do we have the source of this just wanted to authenticate it. And do we know why Lord Buddha did not answer.  It could be that the Lord intentionally remained mum on it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting&#8230;Do we have the source of this just wanted to authenticate it. And do we know why Lord Buddha did not answer.  It could be that the Lord intentionally remained mum on it?</p>
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