Joe, A totally invalid conclusion..... He could well have awakened having a different history. The point is he awakened ON HIS OWN, without a teacher...
And so can anyone else who merely looks and realizes the true nature of reality.... Edgar On Mar 27, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > He couldn't have awakened without them, then. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > Your comments are very misleading. Shakyamuni went from teacher to teacher > > but rejected them all and all their teachings because none of them knew the > > true path. The true path was what he found ONLY AFTER rejecting the current > > teachings of the day... > > > > None of Buddha's 'teachers' was a Zen teacher and none of his teachers > > actually taught him the way. At best they taught him what to reject... > >
