[Advaita-l] Fwd: {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Aum in Buddhism

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Krishna Kashyap <kkashyap2011 at gmail.com>
>
> My Buddhist friend Dhammaputta wrote to me regarding this:
> Prof. Deshpande is right.
> There is no reference to  "Om"  in  Pali  Buddhism.
>
> Mahayana  Sutras  &  Vajrayana  Tantras,  yes  indeed
> Theravada  says  Mahayana  is  Hinduism  in  the  guise  of  Buddhism
> The irony is  that  non-Advaita  Hindus  say  Advaita  is  Mahayana
> Buddhism  in  the  guise  of  Hinduism
>

Some time back on this list we discussed the Buddhist scholar Bhavya, who 
is one of the earliest writers of any school to mention Vedanta.  While
the bulk of his works refute "heretic" (from his point of view) darshanas,
one part defends his brand of Mahayana from other Buddhists.  One of their
criticisms he says is that Mahayana is "prachanna Vedanta"!

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