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**Hsmrcahr** · 01-15-2011, 04:18 AM

The Buddha was a saviour only in the sense that people could become liberated through him.

Yes Snowmelt, I know what you mean here and I agree, but it could be better to say that people become liberated through the practice of the teachings he leave in the Pali Canon. To say "through him" can be understood, in a mind accustomed to religious thought and, much more for people that have had some Jewish/Christian background, as the same kind of saviour or redeemer that Jews/Christians/Muslims/etc, believe about their "saviours" they were told they were.

IMO to tell people that the Buddha was "just" an awakened human being that left the teachings experienced by himself which lead to freedom from an ignorant mind seems to be very challenging. People loves magic, mystery, occultism, secret doctrines, hidden meanings, religious experiences, exotic rituals, spells, powerfull amulets, supranormal visions, saints, gods and goddesses, a universe that protects them and worries about them, a god that do not play with dice and, of course, saviours and redeemers.

01-15-2011, 04:18 AM	#13
Hsmrcahr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	The Buddha was a saviour only in the sense that people could become liberated through him. Yes Snowmelt, I know what you mean here and I agree, but it could be better to say that people become liberated through the practice of the teachings he leave in the Pali Canon. To say "through him" can be understood, in a mind accustomed to religious thought and, much more for people that have had some Jewish/Christian background, as the same kind of saviour or redeemer that Jews/Christians/Muslims/etc, believe about their "saviours" they were told they were. IMO to tell people that the Buddha was "just" an awakened human being that left the teachings experienced by himself which lead to freedom from an ignorant mind seems to be very challenging. People loves magic, mystery, occultism, secret doctrines, hidden meanings, religious experiences, exotic rituals, spells, powerfull amulets, supranormal visions, saints, gods and goddesses, a universe that protects them and worries about them, a god that do not play with dice and, of course, saviours and redeemers.
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