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Originally Posted by sentient
^ Not too sure how to respond to this Gem …. (?)
I remember reading a cryptic remark by Chogyam Trungpa, saying that: “Perhaps not knowing what Buddha is – is Buddha”.
Prior to moving to Darwin I didn’t know Oz-Aborigines from a bar of soap – let alone had any idea what their ‘Elder’ is.
But lucky me – landed on one the very first day under circumstances that were a teaching in itself.
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So true. The Aboriginal people have a vast history and knowledge of their 'Country' which is terribly undervalued by recent colonisers.
I think people form ideas about what 'Buddha' is, but when I studied Buddhist meditation our teachers made it clear that Buddha is not a person - it's more the title we might give to an enlightened one - and the reality of the Buddha is the enlightenment within yourself.