The story of the Buddha is also the allegorical story of the awakening process within each of us.
When Siddhartha disappears and becomes the Buddha, he becomes universal.
By viewing the story of the Buddha’s teaching, we are not following the discourses of a man manifest in history at a given moment,
We are reading the paths of awakening within ourselves.
©FJ August 2025
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Hence it matters not whether the stories portray actual events…
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That is the big leap.
Attached by a single thread or by heavy shackles, the bird still cannot fly. (John of the Cross)
This is the remaining thread preventing the interior flight.
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It is also why no religion should be built, especially on a foundation of texts.
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