Buddhism Born: Another Sun Myth

Everyone knows, I like me some Buddha. But I don’t get hung up in any fundamentalism. Here’s an excerpt, and some links to Acharya S, which is an alias for D.M. Murdock. I guess an Acharya works better with the, I like’m me some space stuff gang. Or maybe Murdock is an alias for….Anyway, she does good research and writes good stuff.

By, Acharya S. Murdock (maybe the S stands for Sybill, ….now that would be cool)

My recent “Origins of Christianity” article created some interest in the
information there about Buddhism, so I have just posted an article
designed to clarify some issues.

There is much confusion as to the identity of “the Buddha,” the main figure of the Eastern religion of Buddhism. First of all, there are different forms of Buddhism, including the two main branches of Theravada and Mahayana, in the latter of which we find the familiar Zen and Tibetan traditions, among others. Secondly, as we shall see in this excerpt from my book “Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled,” there have also been many different Buddhas, including the figure also known as Siddhartha Gautama and Sakyamuni, who is frequently considered a “historical” personage. In this excerpt we shall see many reasons to doubt the tradition of historicity for “the Buddha.” Indeed, all factors combined, the evidence points to Buddha as a mythical, not historical,
figure….

To begin with, Buddha’s conception is portrayed as coming to his mother, Maya, in a dream, like the conflicting gospel tales of Joseph’s dream or the angel appearing to Mary. Maya is represented as telling her husband, the king, about the dream “in the morning”; yet, the conception was said
to have been accompanied by “32 great wonders,” including the trembling of “100,000 sakwalas” (“solar systems”) and the roaring of bulls and buffaloes, which surely would have woken up not only the king but also the entire town! In addition, Maya’s pregnancy was attended by 40,000 devas
keeping guard. She was “transparent,” and the child could be seen in her womb. Certainly, these events – which historicizers would place only six centuries before the common era, when historians and travelers were abundant enough to have noticed – are not “historical” but mythical….

stellarhousepublishing.com/historical-buddha.html

Along with the magical and mythical stories not widely known, I’ve add several fascinating images. I’ve also included a Google Book Search for my book “Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ,” so you can take a good look at it!

Enjoy! Acharya S/D.M. Murdock

Related:

What is Vedic Astrology (cincinnatitemple.com)

Author of, “The Christ Conspiracy,” “Suns of God,” “Who Was Jesus?,” “Christ
in Egypt,” “The Gospel According to Acharya S” and “The 2010 Astrotheology
Calendar”

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