EP 20: Reincarnation
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Buddha Is Not to Be Revealed
The Buddha is not to be revered. The Buddha is no more than a straw. All things are Buddha things so why get excited about that one? And this wiping out of mythology, wiping out of the idea of reincarnation as being simply an image. It's like all myths. They're good only insofar as they carry you past themselves but as soon as you get stuck to a myth and it holds you firm, you've lost it. Don't stay with the hand pointing at the moon. It's the moon it's pointing at.
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