[Buddha-l] Mahayana taught by the Buddha?

[jkirk]

Are "all" persons freed of the three poisons? i rather doubt it

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> would'nt this nice person be_ all _persons ad infinitum?
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>> .................. “If I  [HHDL]
>> > believed what you told me,” he said, “the Buddha would only be a nice
>> > person.”
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Rob Hogendoorn
>> ============================
>> To be a truly nice person is another way of being someone freed
>>  of the three poisons. So to me that would be just fine. It would not
>> detract from my view of the Buddha one iota. But it's quite 
>> understandable
>> that he saw it differently.
>> Joanna
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