[Buddha-l] [Fwd: PEACE Quote]

[Christopher Fynn]

Richard Hayes wrote:

> 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."

Are you sure that this is not just a statement attributed to Dharmakirti?