What do you mean by this?Sentient Light wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:57 pm We reject their Vinaya, even though much of it aligns.
The Mahayana Is Not Diluted Theravada.
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Re: The Mahayana Is Not Diluted Theravada.
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?
The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
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Re: The Mahayana Is Not Diluted Theravada.
I have encountered Theravadans in books and other forums who are very hostile towards Mahayana,even calling the latter "Marayana",vehicle of the Devil.They say Mahayanists do not respect the historical Buddha.
To me,its like classical Newtonian physicists vilifying quantum mechanics.
To me,its like classical Newtonian physicists vilifying quantum mechanics.
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Re: The Mahayana Is Not Diluted Theravada.
We need to respect all of Buddha’s teachings and those who practise them. The problem is there is infighting between traditions and disagreement about what Buddha taught.