[Buddha-l] Enlightenment as dogma

[Catalina]

no such a dogma to me. First thing Buddha "said": do not take anything for granted until you experience it yourself. Dogmas are taken out of faith.

Catalina

--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Stefan Detrez <stefan.detrez at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Stefan Detrez <stefan.detrez at gmail.com>
Subject: [Buddha-l] Enlightenment as dogma
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 12:17 PM

Hi,

a friend of mine asked me whether the Buddha's enlightenment should be seen
as a Buddhist dogma. As I'm not a specialist in this area, or any other for
that matter, I promised to ask for an academic opinion. Also, what 'proof',
excepting the his own testimony, is there for Siddharta Gautama to have
attained enlightenment.

Thanks,

Stefan
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