On Spirituality
IMO no one is omniscient. Whatever the spiritual masters taught were their own experiences. You can see overlap in their ideas. There are multiple ways to practice spirituality. Hence it is not fair to say one is right and other is wrong. Buddha's goal was end of suffering. He answered the question:What should be done to achieve end of suffering? He probably did not go much further once he realized dependent origination and uncreate. He did not feel the need to understand uncreate since he had uncovered the answers to his question. I have always felt disconnected with Hindu mythology. I think I understand some of it now. I think the saints went a step ahead to understand the nature of uncreate. Why so much confusion? How to explain uncreate to someone who only understands creation? It cannot be done. Thus sprung various mythological figures and all sorts of human stories were attributed to them. Just to somehow explain uncreate to someone who only understands creation . UG Krish...