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   Message 109,215 of 111,200   
   David Dalton to David Raleigh Arnold   
   Re: transfiguration and awakening/enligh   
   11 Aug 15 02:40:34   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   In article <20150809194700.76b429b4@Dave-PC.dc.dc.cox.net>,   
    David Raleigh Arnold  wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 16:59:57 -0500   
   > Rod  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On 8/9/2015 5:46 AM, duke wrote:   
   > > > On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:54:13 -0230, David Dalton   
   > > >  wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > >> Was the transfiguration of Jesus equivalent to   
   > > >> the awakening/enlightenment of the Buddha   
   >   
   > Enlightenment is within. Transfiguration is not. When you   
   > see a white house, do you expect everything in it to be   
   > without color? Metta, Rale   
      
   But I think the Buddha was more charismatic after his   
   enlightenment, though that could just be because he   
   was wiser.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "When the train, it left the station, with two lights on behind   
   Well, the blue light was my blues, and the red light was my mind" (R.J.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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