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You_Bore_Me_ t1_j9jaehi wrote

A myth based on a myth. Funny.

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BrokenEye3 t1_j9nspij wrote

Um... the Gautama Buddha was a historical person. Whether the (likely highly idealized) accounts of his life are representative of the man as he really was, I can't say, and whether he was truly enlightened I suppose depends on your beliefs, but he did live.

That said, all myths are based at least in part on other myths. It's unavoidable.

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You_Bore_Me_ t1_j9o7hmz wrote

Buddha never existed. Buddhists can't even agree on what century he supposedly existed. There's more evidence for the historicity of figures like King Arthur or Moses, and both of those men are regarded as mythological.

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