[Buddha-l] Jesus is Buddha?

[Richard Nance]

On 1/25/06, Joy Vriens <joy.vriens at nerim.net> wrote:

> I don't know whether it is a question of reliability, but when reading
> Lamotte on the Mahasamghika schism, one does get a clear impression of a
> sort of coup d'état by Mahakasyapa and his friends.

Joy -- on this subject, you might want to have a look at an important
article by Jan Nattier and Charles Prebish that turns several
widely-held assumptions on their heads:

"Mahasamghika Origins: The Beginnings of Buddhist Sectarianism,"
History of Religions, Volume 16, No. 3 (1977), pp. 237-272.

Best wishes,

R.