Guest guest Posted August 5, 2000 Report Share Posted August 5, 2000 Posted by Dharmapada: Vedica Members, I am going to pass along this post from the The Hindu Webring list because an interesting point is made and because that URL at the bottom seems to be a decent resource. For what it's worth: Aikya:It is the western historians who added that color to the Buddhism. Theyclaimed that Siddhartha, a prince of Sakya clan and thus, a Kshatriya foughtthe supremacy of the Brahmin priests. Probably, like Jesus, Buddha neverthought that later his teachings woud form a religion named after him.The Hinayana form of Buddhism still uses the earlier Pali texts. These Palitexts are well preserved in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Buddhists follow theHinayana tradition. The Dhammapada is available on the WEB, if one isinterested. The URL is http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/indology.html,INDOLOGY's home page.It is said that Sanakara made Buddha as the ninth incarnation of LordVishnu. After the ninth century A.D. Buddhism slowly started fading fromIndia and, probably, practically vanished by the 12th century.Regards,Srinivasa Rao Sanagavarapu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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