In religion there is a strong tendency for its followers to be like its founder. Christians want to be like Christ, muslims want to be like Mohammed, Buddhists, etc, etc.
This is not a coincidence. Clergy is always upholding the shining examples of founders to the flock. Charity, sacrifice, nobility, wisdom, the flock is taught to emulate the founder.
What the flock does not realize is that emulating a person will never turn you into a carbon copy of that person. Copying behaviour is not synonymous with copying character, personality, spirit, soul.
Here’s an analogy for you: if you think Muhammed Ali is the greatest boxer ever, and you want to be like him, would you adopt his loud mouth, his boisterous ways, his religion, his clothes?
If you copied and emulated everything about him, would you be as great a fighter as he was? Would you be able to perform like him?
Clearly, what it takes to be a Buddha is to be Buddha. If you want to be a legendary boxer, you will have to put in the years and years of dedicated training, sacrificing everything else in the pursuit of greatness. You will have to bring insane talent, massive determination and undying purpose, and you will become great, a legend.
To be truly like Christ is to be Christ. It will require the life, the lessons, the insight, the enlightenment of Christ.
Everything else is a fraud.
posted by D @ 11:46 AM
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