The legend of Bodhidharma's resurrection. Bodhidharma was kind of slow, though: his resurrected self wasn't spotted for three years. It reminds me of how Bodhidharma didn't achieve enlightenment until he'd meditated intensively for nine years, compared to the six years of austerity that the Buddha went through. This has been taken to mean that later writers didn't want Bodhidharma to be seen as equal to the Buddha, so he was portrayed as taking longer. Maybe the same goes for Bodhidharma versus Jesus: according to tradition, Jesus arose on the third day; then again, the linked story doesn't say when, exactly, Bodhidharma left that shoe in his tomb.
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| The Resurrection, Andreas Mantegna, late 1450s |
Happy Easter, or as a friend used to say, "Happy Beaster." We've moved from the spiritual cannibalism of the Last Supper to the undead phase of God's plan.
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