[Buddha-l] Re: G-d, the D-vil and other imaginary friends

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 21:26 -0500, Dharma Grandmother wrote:

> Daosheng (c.360â€"434), a disciple of Huiyuan, convinced that all
> beings, including icchantikas, must possess Buddha-nature and hence
> are capable of enlightenment, insisted that the NirvÄṇa Sutra be
> understood in that light. Since that violated the obvious meaning of
> the text, Daosheng was unanimously rebuked, whereupon he left the
> capital in disgrace.

I should hope so. I've never heard of the Nirvana Sutra, but even
without reading it I can tell that Daosheng misunderstood it.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico