Query to anyone who knows the suttas well: The Sigalovada says the highest duty of layman is to support "ascetics and brahmins." Anomalous?
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Isn't it odd for a Buddhist text to recommend supporting brahmins, rather than monks? Or is "ascetics" actually "bhikkhus"?
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It's interesting that many of the summaries I read on the web do replace "ascetics and brahmins" with "monks" (inaccurately, I take it?).
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Based on this and other inconsistencies, I suspect the Sigalovada is a brahmanical text, lightly edited, and slipped into the suttapitaka.
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But I don't read Pali and I don't know the suttas at all well, so maybe this suspicion is obviously wrong?
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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 tests2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Meaningness Reason Buddhism died in India is mainly (R^2=0.6) that people couldn't tell it apart from brahmin priesthood1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@Meaningness Then American history is wrong. I've actually been to Bodhgaya temple. Has been run by hindu brahmin priests for 2000+ years
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@Meaningness Modulo a few destructions I suppose, by Islamic invaders etc. Haven't looked in detail.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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