Comments on: studying the life of the buddha as an aid to meditation http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/06/studying-the-life-of-the-buddha-as-an-aid-to-meditation/ Yoga as life, love, laughter. Yoga as mind, body, spirit. Yoga as play, challenge, insight. Yoga as art, music, poetry. Yoga as coming home. Mon, 24 May 2010 07:02:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: The Laughing Yogini http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/06/studying-the-life-of-the-buddha-as-an-aid-to-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-619 The Laughing Yogini Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:10:57 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=2454#comment-619 ABSOLUTELY! And yes, the stories are incredibly universal....One of the biggest shockers to this little mind happened while living in India and finding (this relates to your current post, Jay) that the religion of my birth had "borrowed" Hindu mythological symbols, such as Shiva's Trident as a sign of evil :-( On a more positive note, stories attributed to buddha and HIS followers, such as feeding the masses from one bowl of rice, or walking on water....clearly parallel New Testament stories. For me, it's not only the specific stories that relate to me little life, but also the universality of the stories that touches a chord inside. ABSOLUTELY!
And yes, the stories are incredibly universal….One of the biggest shockers to this little mind happened while living in India and finding (this relates to your current post, Jay) that the religion of my birth had “borrowed” Hindu mythological symbols, such as Shiva’s Trident as a sign of evil :-(

On a more positive note, stories attributed to buddha and HIS followers, such as feeding the masses from one bowl of rice, or walking on water….clearly parallel New Testament stories.

For me, it’s not only the specific stories that relate to me little life, but also the universality of the stories that touches a chord inside.

]]> By: YogaforCynics http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2009/06/studying-the-life-of-the-buddha-as-an-aid-to-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-614 YogaforCynics Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:57:05 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=2454#comment-614 I've always found the story of the Buddha interesting and inspiring...though I don't consider myself a Buddhist, or an anythingist...and, in fact, I think it's suspiciously similar to stories from a lot of mythologies...kinda like the story of Jesus...but, then, actually, I think that's exactly where the story's value lies--if it's not about some really special person who was different from the rest of us (because he'd been working toward being the Buddha through a thousand lifetimes or whatever, so that we should bow down to statues of him), but because his story embodies themes that run through all of our lives, and show us all possibilities... .-= YogaforCynics´s last blog ..<a href="http://yogaforcynics.blogspot.com/2009/06/wrestling-yoga-and-touchy-feely-loving.html" rel="nofollow">Wrestling, Yoga, and That Touchy-Feely Loving Kindness Shit...</a> =-. I’ve always found the story of the Buddha interesting and inspiring…though I don’t consider myself a Buddhist, or an anythingist…and, in fact, I think it’s suspiciously similar to stories from a lot of mythologies…kinda like the story of Jesus…but, then, actually, I think that’s exactly where the story’s value lies–if it’s not about some really special person who was different from the rest of us (because he’d been working toward being the Buddha through a thousand lifetimes or whatever, so that we should bow down to statues of him), but because his story embodies themes that run through all of our lives, and show us all possibilities…
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