[Buddha-l] Website of the Arya Sanghata Sutra

[jkirk]

> One of the highlights of the Suta that makes it popular is this:
> 
> The Buddha said: “Virtuous man, suppose someone has personally 
> committed, or asked others to commit, or compliantly rejoiced in the 
> five heinous sins, if he can hear even four gathas from this 
> Dharma-Gate, join his palms, pay homage to it, and have pure faith in 
> it, then his five heinous karma will be eliminated. How much more so, 
> of those who fully write, read, recite, and make offerings to it, such 
> merits and virtues are immeasurable.”
> (Saṅghāṭa Sūtra ch 2)
 

...So the Mahāyāna distorts the original intent of the Buddha's message away from personal responsibility for ones actions, to saving those who can't seem to save themselves. (Who was it that said the Buddha doesn't save?)

Fascinating
Jayarava
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"So the Mahāyāna distorts the original intent of the Buddha's message away from personal responsibility for ones actions, to saving those who can't seem to save themselves."

What a clever recruiting tool!

Joanna K.