[Buddha-l] Natural lucidity for Socrates

[jkirk]

French scholars have proposed that there is evidence, and that Indian 
Buddhist monks traveled as far as some Greek provinces. We know that the 
Indians met Greeks after Alexander the Great's conquests (if not before) 
into what is now Iran and north India.  Certainly the humoral medical 
systems of both the ancient Greeks and ancient Indians are very similar (as 
is the ancient Chinese vernacular system in some of its characteristics, as 
well). There is one particular French scholar who wrote about similarities 
between ancient Greek thought and ancient Indian thought, especially medical 
systems, and discussed possible communications between the sub-continent and 
the Mediterranean areas, but right now I can't remember his name. Maybe 
someone on the list can.
Joanna
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> Thanks. I didn't know about this website. I will google it.
> Is there any Buddhist influence on the early Greeks?
>
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 1:59 PM, jkirk wrote:
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>>> Most of the works I have read that are supposed to be the words  of  the 
>>> Buddha seem to be monologues. Are there any Buddhists  works that  are 
>>> dialogues between the Buddha and his friends/enemies?
>>>
>>>
>>> Fools Crow
>>> foolscrow at marmotpress.org
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>> Sure------see the Pali canon online at access to insight.
>> He debates with students of ascetics who send one of their devotees  to 
>> "test" the Buddha by asking him questions their guru thinks will  stump 
>> the Buddha.....you can guess the results. He debates with  Brahmins about 
>> purity (by birth vs by actions). Read the Questions  of 
>> Milinda........and much more.
>> Joanna
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