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**clomoll** · 08-30-2011, 02:37 PM

Dear friends,

I was thinking about cultural folk-tales, myths/legends, and the use of metaphor. Are any of these applicable to the 'Buddhism' that we study and practice today ?

I would be interested in reading your comments. Please support them with examples and links where possible.

with metta,

Aloka

08-30-2011, 02:37 PM	#1
clomoll Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	Folk-tales, Myth and Metaphor Dear friends, I was thinking about cultural folk-tales, myths/legends, and the use of metaphor. Are any of these applicable to the 'Buddhism' that we study and practice today ? I would be interested in reading your comments. Please support them with examples and links where possible. with metta, Aloka
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