Quote Originally Posted by Djuan View Post
As a someone who has put much study into the topic, and I'm sure has heard every angle of it, what is your perspective on the 'myth' of Bodhidharma?
I'm a huge follower of Joseph Campbell so I hold myths in high regard, not for their literality but for their metaphor. When you preach myth as 'truth' and don't see it as metaphor, that's a recipe for trouble in our modern times. We should know better, right?