Buddha's Transformation_ From India to Japan __ Acharya Prashant (2)

Buddha's Transformation: From India to Japan || Acharya Prashant

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00:00It'll be very difficult for an Indian to worship a nigroid buddha. There is a reason why the buddha

00:05grew a flat nose when he reached Japan. Because Japanese cannot worship an Indian looking buddha.

00:13All the gods and ditties that you worship in India don't they look very very Indian? And in

00:19North India they look North Indian. And in South India they look South Indian. And in Bengal if

00:24you look at Devi she looks quite Bengali. Similarly all these forms that you worship are coming from

00:31a place within you. It's like worshipping your own shadow thinking that it is separate from you.

00:35Or if you start worshipping your reflection in the mirror will you get something? Your form is your

00:39own reflection in the mirror. Just ornamented. Just amplified. Nothing else. And that's why

00:44those who have known have always said that the truth is formless.