[Buddha-l] Western Buddhism and devotion

[curt]

Bob Zeuschner wrote:
>
> Much of early Buddhism is devotional. Those aspects have little appeal 
> for me, personally, although I do teach it.
>

I think I read somewhere (Gombrich, I'm pretty sure) that prior to the 
production of Buddha images, Buddhists made images of the Buddha's feet 
and worshipped those (or did whatever it is that Buddhists do with, to, 
at images). Worshipping the feet of one's teacher is standard fare for 
Indian spirituality - and it doesn't get much more "devotional" than that!

Curt