danieLion wrote:Do you see the contradiction in this phrase?Mr Man wrote:...the historical accuracy of the Buddha story...Really? Tell me more. I'm interested. Who's "personilization"? How, exactly, does it appear "odd" to you?Mr Man wrote:...so the personalization here seems rather odd.Really? Tell me more. I'm interested. Do you think he just sat around stopping his thoughts until he experienced nibbana? How would he even know how to direct his Views, Intentions, Speech, Actions, Livelihood, Efforts, Mindfulness and Concentration without his intellect?Mr Man wrote:I don't agree that "The Buddha's path to "awakening" was intensely intellectual".Really? Tell me more. I'm interested. How could he pursue Right View and Right Effort without his intellect?Mr Man wrote:I don't think that there was a even a "pursuit of understanding" (intellectual).
I do see the contradiction and that is why I found your personalization, of the Buddha, as odd.
if we look at events leading up to Bodhi the four signs are in my opinion something that touch on an emotion level not intellectual, the angst was primordial not intellectual, the struggle was physical not intellectual, and the awakening is transcendental not intellectual.