Does Buddha bless all human beings?
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The Buddha's teaching continues to bless us so I suppose the Buddha is still blessing those that discovered his teaching.
The Buddha isn't magic. The Buddha's teaching blesses the one who practices the teaching. The teaching (AKA The Dhamma) isn't magic as well, it's practical and it's sober although magic can happen. Check this out:
Here from the Mangala Sutta are the concise answers given by The Buddha to the question,"What is a blessing"?
- Not being around fools
- Being around the wise
- Remembering the honorable
- Having oneβs abode in a suitable place for safe practice
- Having done meritorious actions
- The pursuit of higher understanding
- Being rich in knowledge
- Being rich in skill
- to be highly restrained ethically
- Using only well-spoken words
- Supporting one's parents
- Caring for the family
- Unconfused actions
- Generosity
- Right living
- Caring for oneβs relatives
- Refraining from unskillful things
- To abhor unwholeseome things
- To avoid unwholesome things
- To avoid intoxicants
- Diligence in righteousness
- Reverence
- Humility
- Contentment
- Gratitude
- Hearing the Dhamma at the right time
- Patience
- Compliance
- Seeing the monks
- Discussing the Dhamma
- Self-restraint
- A holy life
- Seeing The Four Noble Truths
- Realizing Nibbana
- A heart not trembling, unshaken
- A heart not trembling, sorrowless
- A heart not trembling, stainless
- A heart not trembling, secure (from Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta Nipata 2.4)
The Buddha probably does bless even people that have never heard of the Buddha. The good karmic actions of Dhamma practice should have a ripple effect on many people. :) metta
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