[Buddha-l] Where does authority for "true" Buddhism come from?

[Tom Troughton]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:25:34 -0700, Richard P. Hayes wrote:

>On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:00 -0500, Richard Nance wrote:
>
>> The issue may be more complicated than you think. You might want to
>> have a look at Gregory Schopen's article "Two Problems in the History
>> of Indian Buddhism" (reprinted in *Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks*,
>> University of Hawai'i Press 1997, pp. 23-55). See especially section
>> III.
>
>Also worth reviewing (still) is Lamotte's Histoire du bouddhisme, which
>has quite a lot on the formation of the canons and the differences among
>them.

Since we're discussing worthwhile historical sources, does anyone have
any comments on Hirakawa Akira's A History of Indian Buddhism,
translated by Paul Groner? Nakamura's Gotama Buddha and Indian
Buddhism?

Best wishes,

Tom