Quote:apophenia wrote
The Buddha had a loin cloth and a Bodhi tree. Better tools yield better results. There is no contest.
Hmm, never really thought of it like that, but excellent point!
I would agree, yet also add that the good "medicine" of the Buddha's teachings seem to retain a much more humanistic "bedside manner", than all the modern machines and gadgets that scan our brain waves. Although modern man may have better tools, the Buddha has the more delicate hand and mind. Let's not forget these tools that we have manufactured are only as effective as the doctor or specialist using them. And would it be a doctor of Buddhist mentality that is interpreting these mechanical results, reading the symptoms correctly and offering the best medical advice? Or could it most likely be an uncaring doctor, or an over-worked Dr., or a Christian fundie Dr., or an under-educated Dr., or something even worse? So despite all the great technology we create, we are still human creatures prone to innumerable sufferings and misunderstanding of data.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
