[Buddha-l] Re: Greetings from Oviedo

[bclough]

> > It  is  quite easy for me to think in Devadatta as a
> > jealous  cousin.  He  got some political support, but I
> > don't  think  a  jealous cousin could play an important
> > role in early Buddhism.
 

> That's the legend. Apparently there were still traces of followers 
>of Devadatta (more ascetism orientated) in the 7th century (source
> Hiuan-Tsang, Lamotte p. 572).

On this issue, I would recommend Reginald Ray's superb analysis of 
Devadatta as condemned forest ascetic in his *Buddhist Saints in 
India*, pp. 162-178.

Brad