[Buddha-l] Jayarava's Rave Jan 30th--Rethinking Indian History

[Piya Tan]

That must be Gombrich's "How Buddhism Began" (1996), which was reviewed by
John Holder:

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/ew99033.htm

KR Norman has written quite convincingly on this:

"Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical terms in a
Buddhist guise." In *The Buddhist Forum* II seminar papers 1988-90, ed
Tadeusz Korupski. London: Univ of London (SOAS), 1991:193-200.


Piya Tan

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Bruce Burrill <brburl at charter.net> wrote:

> At 12:36 PM 2/1/2009, you wrote:
> >The essay
> >also proposes that perhaps the Buddha wasn't acquainted with
> >so-called Brahminical texts (such as upanishads),
>
>
> Gombrich, among others, has taken this old notion to task, showing
> quite nicely that the Buddha had good knowledge of early brahmanical
> literature, such as the Brhadaranyaka Up
>
> Also, it has been pointed out by others at the time of the Buddha
> notions of karma, moksha, reincarnation and such were characteristic
> of the non-Vedic forest tradition and were being imported into the
> brahmanical traditions, with the Bhagavad Gita exemplifying this
> adopting and adapting by the Brahmins of the forest traditions ideas.
>
>
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