The details of Gautama’s life are entirely enshrouded in legend
The Point of the Legends
The details of Gautama’s life are entirely enshrouded in legend, and legend characteristically heavy with tendentious interpretation. Thus, for instance, the Four Passing Sights are rather spectacular, if somewhat obvious interpolations of doctrine. Similarly one might wonder the significance of the Gautama’s activities between the Great Going Forth and the Awakening. What’s the point, would you say?
Option #2
Harris and Eastern Religions
Apparently Sam Harris’ critique of religion is meant to be more harshly directed toward Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, than against Hinduism and Buddhism, true? How do you account for the fact that he seems so much more sympathetic to those “Eastern” religions, than to the great ‘Western” monotheisms?
Books
Cross-listed as RS 151
1.
Nine Theories of Religion
Author: Daniel L. Pals
ISBN:9780199859092
Publisher:Oxford University Press
2.
The World’s Religions
Author: Huston Smith
ISBN: 0061660183
Publisher: Harper (2009)
3.
The End of Faith
Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 0393327655
Publisher: W. W. Norton (2005)
4.
A Short History of Myth
Author: Karen Armstrong
ISBN:978-1841958002
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While Sam Harris may be considered by many as being an atheist, he considers himself spiritual. It is one of the aspects that he has developed a great respect for in all of the major religions. Nonetheless, being a huge critic organized religion he displays a soft spot for the eastern religions which are predominantly…………………………………
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