Query to anyone who knows the suttas well: The Sigalovada says the highest duty of layman is to support "ascetics and brahmins." Anomalous?
The Sigalovada Sutta is a key text for "Buddhist ethics," so if it's actually brahmanical, some rethinking might be called for.
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@Meaningness brahmins basically pwned the sangha in the first 100 years after B's death. Basic Indian history fact on 8th grade tests -
@Meaningness Reason Buddhism died in India is mainly (R^2=0.6) that people couldn't tell it apart from brahmin priesthood - 9 more replies
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@Meaningness and there you have the reason for the twenty-five meters of shelves of commentaries on buddhism. :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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