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**BrianGoldsmith** · 08-26-2010, 02:35 PM

Om Mani Padme Hom.

It is Buddhist tradition to believe the Truth and not who said it.Truth(not the person) is the most important.Supposing Nagarguna had established a religion with a teaching going further than the Buddha's preaching in the Hinayana(though now only the Theravadins of the Southern Buddhist traditions remain as an independent school), then we should believe Nagarjuna and not the Buddha, since the former taught the ultimate and complete truth

These comments doesn't make any sense to me at all, Nirmal.

All traditions calling themselves 'Buddhists' accept the truth of the Buddha's teachings otherwise by definition they cannot be called 'Buddhist'.

As far as Nagarjuna is concerned its even uncertain who he actually was:

http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/..._Nagarjuna.htm

and with personal investigation, we can see that the 'Mulamadhyamakakakarika' is based on suttas in the Pali Canon.

08-26-2010, 02:35 PM	#2
BrianGoldsmith Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Om Mani Padme Hom. It is Buddhist tradition to believe the Truth and not who said it.Truth(not the person) is the most important.Supposing Nagarguna had established a religion with a teaching going further than the Buddha's preaching in the Hinayana(though now only the Theravadins of the Southern Buddhist traditions remain as an independent school), then we should believe Nagarjuna and not the Buddha, since the former taught the ultimate and complete truth These comments doesn't make any sense to me at all, Nirmal. All traditions calling themselves 'Buddhists' accept the truth of the Buddha's teachings otherwise by definition they cannot be called 'Buddhist'. As far as Nagarjuna is concerned its even uncertain who he actually was: http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/..._Nagarjuna.htm and with personal investigation, we can see that the 'Mulamadhyamakakakarika' is based on suttas in the Pali Canon.
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