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honestly its funny how there was a historical buddha and yet so many buddhas east asians revere and even prefer are mythological
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz Because Shakyamuni's personal story is a little boring, that's why you can be reasonably sure he lived. The made up ones get to do all kinds of crazy stuff.

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@georgia I'm also a Buddha. Meditating under a tree and the mind and ego disappeared and the eternal reality was witnessed
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@apollo it seems like an interesting story to me, he used to be a prince and nearly died of starvation thats cool. not that many miracles attributed to him because buddhists historically downplayed miracles unlike abrahamics though.
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz Depends which sect but even putting aside the paradigm of the miraculous vs sobriety, starving yourself then realizing that's dumb before spending the rest of your life teaching moderation and meditation to ex call center incels is less interesting than awakening as the chief god of the 12th northwestern world gate and using your divine power to give maya wedgies.

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