[Buddha-l] Jesus is Buddha?

[Joy Vriens]

Richard Nance 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.

Thank you Richard for the tip. I hope to read it soon so I know what 
assumption I will need to hold. ;-)

Joy