[Buddha-l] Return of blasphemy?

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

Dan wrote,

> By this criterion, Mahayana Buddhists would not only
> have to stop denigrating and defaming "Hinayana,"
> Buddhists and scholars would have to stop calling
> Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, Sthiramati, Dharmapala,
> and Xuanzang "idealists," anti-Madhyamakans would
> have to stop calling them "nihilists" (nastika), 
> and so on.

Not to mention the restrictions this would put on buddha-l, especially Dan's and Richard Hayes's relationship.

Franz