Frances wrote on Aug 11
th, 2011 at 4:36pm:
adelcrow wrote on Aug 11
th, 2011 at 8:43am:
Only Christians believe Jesus is the son of god, the rest of them believe he was a prophet.
Which reminds me (although this is going off topic a bit) that there is an excellent book by Swami Prabhavananda, called "The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta". I bought a copy about seven or eight years ago in the Adyar Bookshop in Sydney.
You can also access it online at
http://www.filestube.com/s/sermon+on+the+mount+according+to+vedanta although I haven't downloaded it, as I already have a copy.
Thanks for this. I've read some great yoga teachings on the Bible. Paramahamsa Yogananda is another fantastic read.
I like the Jesus quote, "If thine eye be single, thy whole body will be filled with light." I.e, if you meditate on the "third eye" chakra, you see divine light. Your "energy" body will be illuminated.
Read with this in mind, it's difficult to understand that Jesus meant it any other way. But the point of Jesus's teachings - and much of the Bible - is that they contain layers of meaning.
This is where fundamentalists make their fundamental mistake: the Bible is only as literal as you're prepared to make it.
The religious everywhere make the same mistake, from Muslims to atheists.