There is a huge difference between Buddhist and
Orthodox asceticism. In Buddhism they try to make a disclaimer and they reach
nirvana. They confuse a reflection with mystical vision. They see created light
with their mind. This was best done with Plotinus, in Neo-Platonism. The
Fathers know this, and we can call it the “cloud of unknowing,” but they went
beyond this and reached the vision of the uncreated Light. Then they experience
that the Light comes from a Person and not from an idea, and they feel a personal
relationship with God and, at the same time, there develops a great love for
God and the whole world until martyrdom and “self-hatred.”
Some say that meditation brings them a certain peace.
Externally this appears good, but these people are possessed by conceit and
this results in carnal warfare. Even if they leave Buddhism, they again have
carnal warfare. This shows the satanism of this method.
Others say that Buddhism has nothing to do with demonism.
However, those who speak thus know Buddhism only from books and speak
theoretically. Action is different.
Elder Sophrony of Essex (+1993)
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