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**gettoblaster** · 11-23-2011, 02:59 AM

I do not think there is any valid basis to dispute that Mahayana Sutras are inauthentic in the sense that they were not spoken by the Buddha in the Pali Canon.
And on this basis historically, Theravada has tended toregard Mahayana practice as a mere degeneration of the pure teachings. This is a given, is it not? The past is what it is.

11-23-2011, 02:59 AM	#20
gettoblaster Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 634 Senior Member	I do not think there is any valid basis to dispute that Mahayana Sutras are inauthentic in the sense that they were not spoken by the Buddha in the Pali Canon. And on this basis historically, Theravada has tended toregard Mahayana practice as a mere degeneration of the pure teachings. This is a given, is it not? The past is what it is.
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