[Y-Indology] On Mr. Malaiya's comments

[Guest guest]

In appreciation of Lance Cousins who wrote:

 

<< ...[it is] certain that the texts of the Pali Canon itself already

existed in a form closely parallel to that known today by at least

the fourth century A.D... >>

 

In other words, the supposed words of an assumed founder did not

exist in any written form until as late as 8 or 9 hundred years after

their alleged pronouncement.

 

Question: What concrete historical evidence might we have to tie this

body of literature to any oral primogenitor(s) at all, irrespective

of identity?

 

Best regards,

 

Troy Harris