Isn't it odd for a Buddhist text to recommend supporting brahmins, rather than monks? Or is "ascetics" actually "bhikkhus"?
@Meaningness In some heterodox versions, the Buddha is an avatar in the dasavatara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashavatara#Buddha …
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@vgr Yup, made a joke about that in my novel:http://buddhism-for-vampires.com/eating-an-entire-epistemologist … -
@Meaningness You should just hand off unfinished draft to some hollywood finisher type and be done with it :D - 3 more replies
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