His inherent understanding still amazes me. The Buddha was not really a god. Ethan A Mills Birds it would seem are so intent on being birds that they have no time to speculate on their not being birds. A Buddhist teacher taught that every other living creature is our parent in one of our past lives. Similarly, every other living creature owes me money in a past life.
Some people think that Buddhist practice and meditation are about stopping thoughts.
Let's remember that upon attaining enlightenment the Buddha smiled. This is very important. He didn't have to smile. After reading Milarepa 25 times I had the insight that Mila was in fact a comedian. I'm a Buddhist.