Thursday, July 7, 2022

The Great Battle to become the Buddha


NOTE: The details are all wrong, distorted by Hindu distortions and insertions and the taking of creative liberties by animators not familiar with the Buddha, who had blue eyes, curly hair, and a fine nose, living as he did in Saka or Indo-Scythia next to the future India, which had not yet come into existence. He would travel to Magadha, a kingdom, not "India." Mara, likewise, had three daughters, symbolic of Lust, Delight, and Neglect, but no sons at all. The story of the Buddha's life is well known, so there is little excuse for the errors and oversights. But the gist of the tale is present and quite delightful.

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