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**ErubTiereedig** · 04-07-2011, 08:52 AM

I do not know WHY some traditions have made out from the teachings of the historical Buddha such a complicated thing full of mysteries so to be unveiled. This mysteries so to be unveiled are very attractive to the careless mind. In some way it is like the child impressed with the magician for not knowing that there is a trick.

I don't know how people can stand to eat eggplant. But they do, and so I accept that. Perhaps they can taste something good in it that I cannot. Every tradition has its elaborations, it's huge temples, giant statues, mythical legends and large bank accounts. Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, it doesn't matter. These are mere ashes, ashes accumulated over 2500 years from all over the world. They are not what makes Dhamma complicated. If these things bother me, then I need to look at my own mind to find out where the problem lies. If I claim that my Buddhism is right and yours is wrong, that one is simple and the other complicated, then I am following a Buddha who hasn't yet transcended dualism.

04-07-2011, 08:52 AM	#8
ErubTiereedig Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	I do not know WHY some traditions have made out from the teachings of the historical Buddha such a complicated thing full of mysteries so to be unveiled. This mysteries so to be unveiled are very attractive to the careless mind. In some way it is like the child impressed with the magician for not knowing that there is a trick. I don't know how people can stand to eat eggplant. But they do, and so I accept that. Perhaps they can taste something good in it that I cannot. Every tradition has its elaborations, it's huge temples, giant statues, mythical legends and large bank accounts. Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, it doesn't matter. These are mere ashes, ashes accumulated over 2500 years from all over the world. They are not what makes Dhamma complicated. If these things bother me, then I need to look at my own mind to find out where the problem lies. If I claim that my Buddhism is right and yours is wrong, that one is simple and the other complicated, then I am following a Buddha who hasn't yet transcended dualism.
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