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At least, I think there's a lot of "bull" to how Buddha is typically portrayed. I think many of the utterly fantastic Mahayana Sutra stories of Buddhas are ridiculous ... hyper-exaggerated ... just unbelievable! I didn't read the entire quote but just the first para. What I don't get is, why is he looking at fantastic Mahayana Sutra stories and then complain that they are just "fantastic Mahayana Sutra stories."

He has to look beyond some of the elements that got added to the teachings later to make it more appealing to the masses, to find the essential core, which is not a mere fantastic fairytale.

as a flawless being beyond all human weakness, conflict and ignorance ... is a fable, a religious myth. Not sure how he defines ignorance here but if he means that the Buddha was not omniscient, then I agree with it. But isn't it a fundamental mistake say that lobha, dosa and moha, which cause most human flaws existed in his mind?