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   Message 109,218 of 111,200   
   oxtail to David Dalton   
   Re: transfiguration and awakening/enligh   
   12 Aug 15 12:40:21   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan   
   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   David Dalton wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
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