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

[Robert Morrison]

Stephen Hodge: 
> 1.    vijñana -> nama-rupa -> ?a?-ayatana -> sparsa -> vedana [= du?kha]
> 2.    t???a -> upadana -> bhava -> jati -> jara-mara?a [= du?kha]
>
> These earlier forms of the PS can be found in the Nikayas.  Sometime 
> after these two sets got conflated, avidya and sa?skara were stuck on 
> at the beginning for reasons that concern a different concept of the 
> path and its goal.  It would therefore seem unlikely that the Buddha 
> actually taught the 12-fold PS -- it is more probable that he 
> primarily taught List 2 and sometimes possibly List 1.

Erik:

>>
Makes sense to me. How about the claim of Gombridge that these forms came
from outside Buddhism, say from the Upani.sads?
<<

This 'sounds' very interesting.  Can you direct me to where Gombrich says
this.

Thanks,

Robert