[Buddha-l] Victimized vegans

[Richard Hayes]

On Friday 11 May 2007 10:27, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> With all respect, but the Lanka itself is not a consistent text written by
> one author, let alone that it contains words of the historical Buddha.

Surely nothing could be less relevant than the authorship of a text. What 
matters is whether the text gives good advice for the elimination of 
eliminable forms of suffering and offers cogent reasons in favour of its 
conclusions. The Lankavatara does offer some good advice on some points and 
offers some conclusions without good arguments in their support. It deserves 
criticism, but surely it deserves more intelligent criticism than that it was 
not the word of the Buddha. 

Mind you, Erik, you can ignore this entire message, since it is not the word 
of the Buddha and may well be inconsistent. And, if momentariness is true, it 
was not even the work of a single author. 

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico