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**OccumCymn** · 06-19-2012, 11:00 AM

I don't think it is just Mahayana that has the fantastical elements. I was reading parts of the Digha Nikaya and basically we have moments where Buddha is visited by Brahma and Buddha speaks about his past lives where he lived for endless aeons in one incarnation.

I honestly was gripped with a lot of doubt after reading a lot of these things. It took me a couple weeks to get to where this excerpt from a book really sits with me.

I come from a Christian background and it took me a lot longer than two weeks and it's still happening that I can say I believe the teachings of Christ while I honestly don't even know if he existed historically or if anything we know about the historical Jesus is true.

This same spirit of finding truth amidst decorations of the truth though is something I feel I must lock on to because it's the only way my intellectual mind can swallow a lot of it.

06-19-2012, 11:00 AM	#20
OccumCymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 360 Senior Member	I don't think it is just Mahayana that has the fantastical elements. I was reading parts of the Digha Nikaya and basically we have moments where Buddha is visited by Brahma and Buddha speaks about his past lives where he lived for endless aeons in one incarnation. I honestly was gripped with a lot of doubt after reading a lot of these things. It took me a couple weeks to get to where this excerpt from a book really sits with me. I come from a Christian background and it took me a lot longer than two weeks and it's still happening that I can say I believe the teachings of Christ while I honestly don't even know if he existed historically or if anything we know about the historical Jesus is true. This same spirit of finding truth amidst decorations of the truth though is something I feel I must lock on to because it's the only way my intellectual mind can swallow a lot of it.
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