Orthopraxy versus Amazonia – Part 4
29 July 2019
The fact that you live and breathe is an objective reality. But one day you will face the reality of death and you will breathe your last. There has been no exception so far! You can be sure that death is in store even for you. Another reality is this world and the whole universe with its order and with its mystery and different stages of life. One more reality is the contradiction within you. You long for happiness, love and perfect good. But you see that you do evil, hurt both others and yourself, and you are unsatisfied and unhappy. You long for freedom, but you are unable to get rid of the slightest addiction rooted in your egoism. Even if you manage to get rid of a slight addiction by your own efforts or by some technique, sooner or later you will fall into a greater one. You discover a source of evil in you and you see the same in other people too. And this is also the cause of all quarrels, hostility, injustice, broken families, abandoned children, crimes, murders and wars.
Do you know the purpose of your life and what will be after death? Do you know the meaning of your physical and mental suffering?
The answers you get to these questions may be either true or false. True answers are found in true Christianity, false answers are found in paganism. Christianity worships the true God, Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead. Paganism worships demons. Will you choose the way of life or the way of death? Eternal life is in Christ Jesus. “He who has the Son has eternal life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1Jn 5:12) What you will find in Jesus is not just a theoretical answer to all that you need. In Him is the forgiveness of sins as well as true freedom because He, the Only Begotten Son of God assumed human nature to redeem us… “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” (Jn 3:16) Jesus died on the cross to pay even for your sin. What is more, in Him you have deliverance from the root of evil which is in you.
He who believes becomes a child of God and receives the Spirit of Christ. So even today you can receive forgiveness and strength from Jesus to be able to fight against evil and lies. Communication with Him is the solution to all your questions and problems this very day. In Him you will find true happiness and true peace which you are seeking and which the world cannot give you. He is selfless love which you long for. “In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” (Col 2)
For him who keeps Christ’s commandments Jesus promises: “We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (Jn 14)
Besides the true Way, which is Christ, there are also false ways of pagan myths behind which are demons who lead people to eternal death. The Catholic Church is going to embrace pagan demons through the Amazon Synod. At Vatican II and by the gesture in Assisi, it has already opened up to pagan Buddhism.
Buddhism is a religion without God but it worships a variety of deities. The ideal of Buddhism is the complete destruction of the world, and above all the destruction of personal existence – self-destruction. A woman as a bearer of new life is hated. In Buddhism, a woman is incapable of attaining so-called perfection until she is reincarnated as a man. This is also the root of gender ideology. Buddhism has always portrayed a woman as something vile.
By reason of reincarnation, Buddhism worships animals but it is indifferent to human suffering.
Question: What was revealed by a former Buddhist?
Answer: Let me quote from his testimony: “The Dalai Lama is worshipped as the reincarnation of a pagan god. When repeating mantra, a Buddhist is calling demons and devils into himself so that they literally possess him. For example, the best known practice of Tibetan Buddhism, so-called Chöd, is performed in their burial places, which in fact is a land of human corpses, of bodies thrown to vultures. The same is done by the meditating person in his imagination; however, instead to vultures he throws pieces of flesh from his body to demons and to his deities.
Nirvana is identification with demons and total negation of one’s personality…”
There are insurmountable differences between Buddhism and Christianity: Buddhism does not believe in one God, the Creator. It preaches a false path of self-salvation in so-called nirvana. But this is a great deceit. It falsely states that redemption is the understanding that all is one! The distinction between good and evil disappears.
Jesus has delivered us from sin and demonic power: “God has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” (Col 1:13-14) We have not been delivered – redeemed – by the false path of Zen Buddhist meditations but by Jesus. Another lie is the teaching about reincarnation which denies the fundamental truths of Christianity, a personal God, Jesus as the Redeemer, an immortal soul, the reality of sin, eternal reward and eternal punishment after death.
Question: How is Buddhism spread?
Answer: Today we are witnessing the most massive mission of Buddhism in formerly Christian territories. There is not a single city now where martial arts – judo, aikido, karate, taekwondo, tai chi – would not be popularized. Martial arts are not a mere sport or physical training but they are associated with Buddhist meditations which lead Christians to apostasy from Christ.
Mass popularization started about 50 years ago through films, literature and exhibitions.
Question: What occult practices are associated with Buddhism?
Answer: For example, so-called I Ching divination, Chinese Zodiac horoscopes…
Acupuncture, acupressure and Chinese massages stem from the yin and yang theory and open the clients to unclean and occult spirits.
Bonsai is a form of garden decoration associated with the superstition that the spirits of deceased ancestors live there. Zen gardens also have an occult background. The same is true about Chinese dragons, tattoos, Buddha statues, joss sticks, Tibetan bells, home decoration with frogs, turtles, elephants… – so-called Feng Shui. All this has occult roots and today becomes a part of life for uninformed Christians.
The popularization of teahouses disposes people to become open to Oriental pseudo spirituality. Many of the teas have a narcotic effect and cause addiction, e.g. Dragon’s Well tea…
Contemporary Catholic monasteries are contaminated with Buddhist pseudo spirituality. Today, Buddhism is the main spiritual force in the new antichristian religion and system of the New Age.
Question: What is the essence of Hinduism?
Answer: Hinduism is a pagan religion which worships animals as gods. It holds a belief in reincarnation, i.e. transmigration of a human into another body, even into the body of an animal, including snakes and insects. Because of reincarnation Hindus must not kill mosquitoes, rats or any other animals. On the other hand, however, a few years ago groups of Hindus attacked Christian villages and cynically killed their inhabitants. The cow is regarded as a goddess. Gandhi even says that cow dung is sacred. Therefore many gurus apply it to their skin.
Yoga is a hidden trap of the Hindu religion. TM is a form of yoga designed by Guru Dev.
Question: What are mantras?
Answer: Mantras are magic words or formulae, usually the names of pagan gods or spirits. Here we can see quite clearly connection with magic.
Question: What are the consequences of interreligious dialogue?
Answer: Interreligious dialogue has obstructed true mission and, moreover, opened the door for anti-mission within the Church.
We, on the contrary, are obliged to carry out true mission instead of false dialogue. Salvation and eternal life is in Jesus Christ alone. “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” (Mk 16)
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Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
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Secretary Bishops
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