@openbuddha Well, I’m using “fiction” fairly literally, to mean narratives. Most things aren’t that.
It’s awfully helpful to realize that #Buddhism is fiction all the way down, however. If you mistake part of it for real, it’s a problem.
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@openbuddha Sure, every religion's scriptures are fiction. Most people don't realize this is true of Buddhism, due to historians myth-makingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Or whether. No evidence for his existence, as far as i can tell.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Actually, Indian kings of the period are well-attested.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Indeed! Lots of modernist Buddhists don't seem ti get that, though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, for the Indian kings, we have coinage, epigraphy, and mentions in contemporaneous Greek documents.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Yeah. Common Tibetan adage is that your lama is far greater than any other Buddha, because you can talk to him/her.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Sad & true.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Yeah. I'm less optimistic about this than i was a year ago.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Yes, but not many can... I'm dropping "Reinventing Buddhist Tantra" partly because i don't see anyone who can deliver it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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