[Buddha-l] Back to the core values? -- and origins

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/28/2007 12:14:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ioniccentre at hol.gr writes:

>I  was suggesting that what the sutras say may or may not be 
>identical to  the original teachings of the Buddha, the founder (as 
>the four gospels  may or may not be identical to the teachings of the 
>founder). Are the  Buddhist sutras more historically accurate than 
>the Christian  gospels?


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I think they are more accurate. One reason is found in the shear volume of  
the Buddha's teachings that we have available to us. There are relatively few  
actual teachings of Christ found in the Bible. In the Pali Canon, hundreds of  
teachings agree with one another on the main issues. There is no Gospel of 
St.  Thomas that disagrees with the other teachings. Another reason is the 
discipline  of the oral tradition. There is not an emphasis to stick to the exact 
teachings  of Christ in the Christian religion as is found in Buddhism. That 
is, the books  of the Bible do have some direct teachings of Christ but have 
lots of teachings  that were inspired by Christ but not direct teachings of His. 
(I don't mean to  imply anything negative about Christianity here.)
 
Jack



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