[Buddha-l] Re: [Buddha-l] Mahayana taught by the Buddha?

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 20:46 +0100, Stephen Hodge wrote:

> Nice to know you were there to tot up the numbers.  But if one were not 
> there, how would one arrive at that figure with any degree of accuracy --  
> plausible though seems ?

While I'd be the first to admit that there is risk involved in believing
what one reads, this figure is the one traditionally given in Buddhist
texts. Use it with all the usual cautions.

-- 
Richard Hayes
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes