When reading over the words of Buddah most of his teachings made sense to. My favorite part of the passage was the 3 phrases at the very end. "Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold to the truth within yourself, as to the only truth." It seems that Buddah was all about self correction and finding motivation within yourself rather answering to some one else. He believed in treating others with kindness and care. I like the way he believes that everyone is fully complete just the way they are. The difference is that not all of us have quite figured it out yet. I find the thought of that very very encouraging. the first quote seems to be focusing on the human conscience. Instead of not allowing one to experience things they won't like, he instead says to try what ever and you will defiantely find alot of what brings true happiness.
Rebecca Sawyer
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i really enjoyed your response because i completely agree with the "not answering to another" statement. I think that the way Siddhartha knew was one of many. but he knew that nothing outside ourselves would fix our insides. thanks for the response
so..prof file challenged my thinking on this point but i still have to say that i think looking within your self for answers is starting from a fundamentally flawed place unless inside you is Jesus the Christ who is the truth. granted that is an extremely slanted point of view;-)
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