[Advaita-l] Fw: Re: Buddhism, Advaita and Dvaita - 1

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

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On Sat, 14 May 2011, Sunil Bhattacharjya wrote:

> In such a nice write-up I was pained to find some derogatory words for 
> Lord Buddha. I have to draw the kind attention of the learned scholars 
> that Lord Buddha did no plagiarisn. He himself said that what he was 
> teaching was in fact told by the ancient seers in the past.
>

Look at the present day scene.  Every two-bit godman claims to represent 
"teachings of ancient seers"  That claims are made is neither here nor 
there.  The question is, are the claims valid?  Concerning the Buddha, the 
answer of the Advaitic tradition in the main is an emphatic no.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>