On 9/7/2012 7:39 AM, mike brown wrote:
> There is a *big* difference between these stories of Buddha and
> Christ. With Buddha's story it makes no difference whether you believe
> Buddha was a real man or not...
So one you accept more readily because you believe it to likely be
allegorical, the other you reject because you believe it claims to be a
factual historical account? Surely you can see the irony in this.
Every consider both/neither? That it doesn't mater whether EITHER of
these are stories of actual/factual others or not - as they only point
to selfless realization, and reintegration/embodiment? That they're only
expressions of the way, and are not offering anyone else's
stories/practices/promises as things to cling to or reject? People take
that upon themselves.
KG
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