[Buddha-l] Modern Advaita sages

[Joy Vriens]

Richard P. Hayes wrote:

> Besides, what's so good about having one's feet on the ground? Every
> statue of the Buddha in my house shows him with his feet on his thighs.
> The only thing touching the ground seems to be his hand.

I always assumed the Buddha had to sit that way so the wheels on his 
soles would show. Otherwise nobody would know by his major and minor 
marks that he was a Buddha.

Joy