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You two got that right, I cannot understand how someone would equal hippies with some authentic spiritual tradition. I really really recommend you two read Surangama Sutra, it is basically answer to most questions people have about world around them, both visible and hidden. It is available free here: http://www.buddhanet.net/

Post: #52

(02-01-2017 01:33 PM)EDantes Wrote:  To me it seems that there is a universal truth which individuals like Christ and Buddha attempted to communicate in the context of their own cultures or languages.

Which is why across ages and eras it seemed many wise men came to very similar logical conclusions despite no direct or external connections.

This!

So, whether he was influenced by some of it or NOT.. how the hell would anyone verify today? Maybe he sat down with a Buddhist Monk and had a conversation for a half hour and something clicked in his head.. How would you KNOW for a fact one way or the other.. and Verify today.. after so long..

People are too stuck to "things that dont matter" versus "what really matters" the message and practice of "the higher path" that they not only talked, conveyed but LIVED.

Start to live that way.. using whichever flavor as a base.. and/ or if you are more conscious than most.. you will realize.. all flavors point to the same..

(02-01-2017 04:02 PM)Jaihoo Wrote:  I'm not a bible scholar myself, but during my school days, our Catholicism teacher did mention that we have no record of what happened to Jesus between age 12 and 33, that's quite of a long hiatus, could be that he went somewhere? Pioneer gap year, the original hippy, instead of going to some trade school he went traveling to "find himself"

There's a town of Srinagar in the Kashmir region of India, it's the location of Roza Bal shrine, some people claim that's Jesus' resting place.

(02-01-2017 05:09 PM)Easy_C Wrote:  It's easy to mistake a shared origin for sequential influence.

The truth of the matter is.. He did not have a Video Log of his daily life.. And even after HE or Buddha became Enlightened Masters.. their focus was to HELP CONVEY and SPREAD the wisdom.. and not every damn pebble from their chronology.. because by then.. everything else was less significant than the Higher Truth

Post: #53

Post: #54

Very good movie