A. It’s as a result of every sentient being has his or her personal totally different perspective in accordance with his or her karma; how extremely educated he’s, the place he has lived, how wealthy he’s, and so forth. Let’s suppose there’s a hamburger in entrance of 5 folks as of 6pm. It’s going to look extra scrumptious and extra enticing to at least one who ate neither breakfast nor lunch than to at least one who ate each. It might be a pleasant meals to somebody, however may be junk meals to another person on the identical time. In reality, the hamburger by no means says, “I’m scrumptious and enticing” nor does it have a prejudice in favour of hungry folks, or towards the total.
In the identical approach, when the Buddha reveals itself earlier than us, it really seems as one and the identical to everybody, however appears totally different because of our views created by karma. For this reason historic masters would say to their disciples, “Even when it seems ghost-faced and god-headed earlier than you, by no means say that you simply don’t realize it.”
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