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**LongaDonga** · 10-27-2011, 04:28 AM

we are also going to be looking at the Lotus Sutra

Hi podgerl,

I hope you are still looking in for information to explore with your class, because I just came across these comments about the Lotus Sutra which might interest you.

Its a post from the blog of Ajahn Sujato who is the abbot of a monastery in Australia.

Is the Lotus Sutra authentic?

"One of our commenters asked about whether the Lotus Sutra was considered authentic according to the Theravadin view.

To answer this from the traditional Theravadin point of view, all the Mahayana Sutras are inauthentic in the sense that they were not spoken by the Buddha. Historically, Theravada has tended to take a dim view of Mahayana, regarding it as a mere degeneration of the pure teachings.

That the Lotus Sutra and other Mahayana Sutras were not spoken by the Buddha is unanimously supported by modern scholarship. I don’t know of a single academic in the last 150 years who has argued otherwise."

Continued : http://sujato.wordpress.com/

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10-27-2011, 04:28 AM	#27
LongaDonga Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 753 Senior Member	we are also going to be looking at the Lotus Sutra Hi podgerl, I hope you are still looking in for information to explore with your class, because I just came across these comments about the Lotus Sutra which might interest you. Its a post from the blog of Ajahn Sujato who is the abbot of a monastery in Australia. Is the Lotus Sutra authentic? "One of our commenters asked about whether the Lotus Sutra was considered authentic according to the Theravadin view. To answer this from the traditional Theravadin point of view, all the Mahayana Sutras are inauthentic in the sense that they were not spoken by the Buddha. Historically, Theravada has tended to take a dim view of Mahayana, regarding it as a mere degeneration of the pure teachings. That the Lotus Sutra and other Mahayana Sutras were not spoken by the Buddha is unanimously supported by modern scholarship. I don’t know of a single academic in the last 150 years who has argued otherwise." Continued : http://sujato.wordpress.com/ .
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