Buddha's Transformation: From India to Japan || Acharya Prashant
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00:00It'll be very difficult for an Indian to worship a nigroid buddha. There is a reason why the buddha
00:05grew a flat nose when he reached Japan. Because Japanese cannot worship an Indian looking buddha.
00:13All the gods and ditties that you worship in India don't they look very very Indian? And in
00:19North India they look North Indian. And in South India they look South Indian. And in Bengal if
00:24you look at Devi she looks quite Bengali. Similarly all these forms that you worship are coming from
00:31a place within you. It's like worshipping your own shadow thinking that it is separate from you.
00:35Or if you start worshipping your reflection in the mirror will you get something? Your form is your
00:39own reflection in the mirror. Just ornamented. Just amplified. Nothing else. And that's why
00:44those who have known have always said that the truth is formless.