|
|
|||||||
| Higher Thoughts A comfortable place where we can freely exchange and co-mingle our thoughts, ideas, interests, imaginations, energies, talents, and visions. This forum is for well thought out and meaningful discussion of various topics not covered in our other forum |
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
12-24-2004, 08:27 AM
|
#1 (permalink) |
|
Ribbed for her pleasure!
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago Burbs. Delta(x) times Delta(p) is greater than or equal to h-bar over two.
Posts: 4,645
Thanks: 23
Thanked 189 Times in 101 Posts
|
Buddah and Newton
What differences and similarities do you see between Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree and Newton sitting under the apple tree?
-Hedons
__________________
New and improved! Now with flushable applicator. |
|
|
|
12-24-2004, 08:34 AM
|
#2 (permalink) |
|
free
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: )
Posts: 1,737
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
I can't say you until you briefly tell me what happened to Buddha under the tree.
__________________
A communist officer told a Christian he was beating, "I am almighty, as you suppose your God to be. I can kill you." The Christian answered, "The power is all on my side. I can love you while you torture me to death." |
|
|
|
|
12-24-2004, 08:53 AM
|
#3 (permalink) | |
|
Ribbed for her pleasure!
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago Burbs. Delta(x) times Delta(p) is greater than or equal to h-bar over two.
Posts: 4,645
Thanks: 23
Thanked 189 Times in 101 Posts
|
Quote:
Buddha achieved enlightenment while sitting under a Bodhi tree. -Hedons
__________________
New and improved! Now with flushable applicator. |
|
|
|
|
|
12-24-2004, 09:08 AM
|
#5 (permalink) |
|
Are you in?
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 13,461
Thanks: 229
Thanked 657 Times in 438 Posts
|
Actually, it's a relatively similiar experience through different perspectives.
The Apple hitting Newton on the head awoke him to his outer reality and gave him an epiphany about how the external material reality functions. Buddha, through contemplation and meditation, awoke to his INNER reality and gave him an epiphany about how our internal spiritual reality functions (Enlightenment). I never correlated these two, but now I see there is a profound significance. And both took place under a Tree, which is commonly symbolic for the 'Tree Of Life" and "Tree Of Knowledge." Trees represent Mankind's journey through life...starting out as 'insignificant' as a Seed and ultimately growing as large and 'powerful' as a Redwood.
__________________
God appears, and God is light, To those poor souls who dwell in night; But does a human form display To those who dwell in realms of day. |
|
|
|
|
12-24-2004, 09:17 AM
|
#6 (permalink) |
|
free
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: )
Posts: 1,737
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
Newton studied the apple, Buddha ate it.
__________________
A communist officer told a Christian he was beating, "I am almighty, as you suppose your God to be. I can kill you." The Christian answered, "The power is all on my side. I can love you while you torture me to death." |
|
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Linear Mode
