what ever gets you there folks..go for it...merle
On 9/8/2012 2:36 PM, mike brown wrote:
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>Belief has nothing to do with it. Whether Jesus or Buddha was a historical
>person,or not, makes no difference - the Buddhist teachings speak to me
>because they correspond to my experiences time after time. Christianity
>doesn't. Neither does Wicca or Scientology. That doesn't bother me. Does it
>bother you?
Nope.
Biblical lingo does not ring to many contemporary ears (particulary
thise who think it does and "believe"), as we are not raised with
oral traditions and metaphors the refer to yet older metaphors. I
certain wasn't - but wasn't raised Neo-Christian fundamentalist
either. Pretty atheist environment, very minimal church exposure -
handful of visits in a lifetime, most weddings/funerals, only a few
services with friends, and that was mixed denominations.
I other words, I get where you coming from, and probably has less
history with such shit. No dog in that fight, I can simply now see
the same core is there, just a very different expression. I'm still
working on Islam - Sufis help - but I suspect they were around
before Islam and just changed the sign on the door (many Muslims
also suspect this and persecute them accordingly).
Buddhism IMWO / TMSE (in my worthless opinion/to my simple ears) has
done a better job of adjusting it's voice - a tradition of Upaya
along with a reformation/back to basics split every few centuries or
so helps - but contemporary particularly Western ears still read the
teaching too scientifically/literally.
But as you say, so what? Buddha had no interest in Buddhism.
KG
