Disciple Count, was Re: [Buddha-l] Re: Buddha-l Mahayana taught by the Buddha?

Richard P. Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Wed Jun 22 21:54:28 MDT 2005


On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 16:42 -0500, Gregory Bungo wrote:

> > He managed to gather 1250 disciples over the course of 45 years of 
> > teaching.
> 
> Is this only a count of the monks and nuns, or does this include the
> lay followers also?

Monks and nuns only.

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Richard Hayes
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