Things the Buddha could do, per the Pali Canon:>levitation & air travel>walking on water>create copies of himself>become invisible>pass through wallsThings Buddha couldn't do, per the Pali Canon:>live past 80Why is that?
buddhist don't consider that version to be the legit one. the one you are referring to is commonly agreed to be the same man who stole lao tzu's identity
>>18251270Wouldn't living forever be kind of antithetical to Buddhism?
>>18251311Kind of. A Boddhisattva might do it as part of his drive toward enlightenment of the world.
>>18251270because that's all a bunch of bullshit and buddha was only a man
>>18251270>Why is that?he forgot to check option on his isekai list
>>18251270>Why is that?Same reason Jesus let himself be killed at 33, any game becomes boring after sometime playing with cheats enabled
>>18251270He attained Nirvana long before he turned 80, so continuing to live beyond that point would have held little purpose in that state.
>>18251306I have never heard a Buddhist say this before, not even online>>18251893What about the whole idea of staying behind to help out unenlightened beings?
>>18251270>Why is that?Because unlike our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the trickster and sorcerer know as ‘buddha’ was unable to triumph over death itself, only being capable of the cheap parlor tricks that are so alluring to the primitive mind.
>>18252572That's a consistent answer at least
>>18252572>Because unlike our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the trickster and sorcerer know as ‘buddha’ was unable to triumph over death itselfWell, he didn't come back before the generation of followers that saw him died, so this victory was very, very short lived. Seems you can only trick Death once.Also, Buddha defeated Death not by resurrecting, but by understanding it and losing his fear of it. Meanwhile, Jesus was very, very scared at the cross. Great saviour he was.
