Re: Buddha Not a Reformer (of the then Hindu Dharma)?
Originally Posted by
Jainarayan
Advaita runs through many schools of Buddhism. There are probably more schools and subschools in Buddhism than there are in Hinduism. Not all of them are anti-Advaita and atheistic. Advaita and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive, especially when the name Buddhism is not used broadly to describe the entire religion.
This is mostly wrong and misunderstanding.ALL Hindu acharyas criticized buddhism of being false, asuric or only very partly true. ALL Buddhist acharyas have criticized sanatana dharma as a wrong view stuck in samsaric grasping with no hope of nirvana. All hindu gods are either mara's or at best worldly protectors after having been 'converted' to buddhism by a buddha.
PS: Only a small group of tibetans believing in the dolpo shengtong view adheres to an advaitic type of veiw. This view is not accepted officially by any of the 4 sects of tibetan buddhism. Outside Vajrayana there is no scope at all for advaitic views by any stretch of imagination. So the above assertion was plain wrong. I had linked the articles by Ratnashree which gives very detailed and logical refutation of shengtong since many universalists seem to catch on to this view and try to assert similarity or even sameness of buddhism with advaita or other theisms. No indian buddhist acharya ever accepted such a view and vehemently rejected advaita type views. Neither any tibetan teacher accepts its except for the aforementioned minority. And same holds for all Hindu acharyas who rejected Buddhism as incoherent and self contradictory.
All I request is for universalists is to have respect for different views which is a good test for their self proclaimed tolerance for diversity and compassion. I would apologize in case I ended up using strong words in the process of doing so.
Last edited by Twilightdance; 25 January 2013 at 12:42 AM.
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