[Buddha-l] [Fwd: PEACE Quote]

[Richard Hayes]

On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 14:00 -0700, Blumenthal, James wrote:

> I don't know why people feel the need to falsely attribute their own
> ideas to the Dalai Lama or the Buddha.

The Buddhist canon would have been a lot smaller if people had not
falsely attributed their ideas to the Buddha. As Dharmakirti pointed
out, "one of the hazards of being famous for being wise is that so many
fools attribute their ideas to you that you cease to be famous for being
wise."

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico