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Larchfire: Photography from India, Nepal and Tibet, plus quotations primarily from traditions in Yoga and Buddhism

Although there are many points of divergent emphasis between Hindu and the Buddhist traditions, particularly in their later developments, their differences on essential doctrines have sometimes been exaggerated. For the Buddha, just as in the Upanishads, “Self is the lord of the self” (Dhammapada 160). He advised his disciples to “take refuge in the Self” as he himself had done (Samyutta-Nikaya 111.143). In Buddhism, as in Hinduism, ignorance is the root of all evil and suffering. In Hinduism the ignorance is of who we are; in Buddhism of who we are not. —Ravi Ravindra, <i> Pilgrim Without Boundaries </i>
<i>L1077 Thamel, Kathmandu</i>

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Although there are many points of divergent emphasis between Hindu and the Buddhist traditions, particularly in their later developments, their differences on essential doctrines have sometimes been exaggerated. For the Buddha, just as in the Upanishads, “Self is the lord of the self” (Dhammapada 160). He advised his disciples to “take refuge in the Self” as he himself had done (Samyutta-Nikaya 111.143). In Buddhism, as in Hinduism, ignorance is the root of all evil and suffering. In Hinduism the ignorance is of who we are; in Buddhism of who we are not. —Ravi Ravindra, Pilgrim Without Boundaries L1077 Thamel, Kathmandu

Kathmandu Nepal Ravi Ravindra