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I've enjoyed catching up on your res...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />I've enjoyed catching up on your research through your blog. I do have a question regarding the stakes of rejecting the Meru cosmology of the Kośa. You write:<br /><br />"If a Buddhist proponent accepts the fallibility of scripture, then they surrender the right to exercise śabda-pramāṇa, i.e., the means to knowing something through the testimony of a valid authority, such as one whose account is recorded in scripture"<br /><br />I'm not sure how high the stakes are here given the various hermeneutic strategies Buddhists have utilized. The fact that internal contradictory accounts appear in Buddhist literature, this would seem to pose the same problem, but in some casesthe neyartha/nītārtha distinction has been utilized to explain away these contradictions, and at least in the Indo-Tibetan lineages, some content of the teachings are explained as being given to accord with conventional understandings. <br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />Best,<br />ToddAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378795464440136899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-34166629849818400562018-12-10T03:00:54.904+09:002018-12-10T03:00:54.904+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571330364042182619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-59789443604526303992018-12-10T01:53:03.445+09:002018-12-10T01:53:03.445+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571330364042182619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-14133030053726541722018-12-06T00:43:07.678+09:002018-12-06T00:43:07.678+09:00Buddha Shakyamuni didn't get anything wrong. N...Buddha Shakyamuni didn't get anything wrong. Never has and never will. So the question is only then, what has modern science gotten wrong and is the spherical idea of Earth just another giant hoax like everything else we've been taught to believe!! Thank you for the article.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460301733162459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-25156085848848883902018-11-04T11:54:16.244+09:002018-11-04T11:54:16.244+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-57879910119455197542018-11-04T11:08:11.854+09:002018-11-04T11:08:11.854+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502253966796923722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-65821958935596418952018-10-17T13:14:03.682+09:002018-10-17T13:14:03.682+09:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mindvalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258228697025638864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-15239067369046700642018-01-29T15:37:13.452+09:002018-01-29T15:37:13.452+09:00That's a very good question, Merle!
I'm t...That's a very good question, Merle!<br /><br />I'm tempted to suggest Kukai. See Kukai: Major Works by Hakeda. Kukai dealt with the differences between Mahayana schools and what he called Mikkyo. I think his work might give you some useful insights.<br /><br />There's also Lama Tsong Khapa's Lam Rim, which is fully translated. If I recall correctly, I believe he touches on matters related to your question here. However, I know for sure Kukai's writings (translated by Hakeda) address this matter.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-19275119122994708932018-01-28T16:08:11.920+09:002018-01-28T16:08:11.920+09:00Professor Kotyk, I have a question. Do you know of...Professor Kotyk, I have a question. Do you know of any good books or research papers a layman could read that deal with the differences in Buddhology between Vajrayana and Mahayana? What I mainly find confusing is that in the Mahayana one takes rebirth as the classic Shakyamuni style itinerant teacher in a world devoid of Buddhism and preaches a historically unknown doctrine, while in the Vajrayana, they say Buddhahood could be achieved in one lifetime, therefore they must have claimed that some of their practitioners were Buddhas? But these Vajrayana Buddhas in this world, they weren't Shakyamuni style original teachers in a world devoid of Buddhadharma, so therefore Vajrayana must have a different conceptual definition of what a Buddha is, a more broad definition. So is there any one single work which discusses this point? To bring it down to the personal level, I'm starting to find the singular Mahayanist "come back and be a Buddha" end-goal to be a little staid. Combine that with the fact that I am starting to notice that you can truly help a lot more people by blending in more and being less categorically fussy about your conduct, and I'm starting to wonder if I should switch vehicles after this time? I feel like I have already switched vehicles in attitude, if not formally. Currently still running with Dharma Drum though, I have a soft spot for them.Merle Langloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541497253312808509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-59057236204901250722017-11-12T08:40:28.152+09:002017-11-12T08:40:28.152+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-29479688235738784842017-11-10T23:26:31.937+09:002017-11-10T23:26:31.937+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.A.J.Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021139430138620033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-26799120116292471462017-11-08T01:43:16.384+09:002017-11-08T01:43:16.384+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.A.J.Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021139430138620033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-85997322679987956572017-10-16T04:59:44.320+09:002017-10-16T04:59:44.320+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-16926731959157132712017-10-15T17:55:39.040+09:002017-10-15T17:55:39.040+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Bibek Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17615031885784846294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-77220733318000829182017-10-15T09:15:41.982+09:002017-10-15T09:15:41.982+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Javihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501571927039867209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-91492484089681395952017-10-15T08:35:25.596+09:002017-10-15T08:35:25.596+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-2025890382470440802017-10-15T07:52:24.430+09:002017-10-15T07:52:24.430+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Javihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501571927039867209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-26000883110298887212017-10-15T07:25:07.580+09:002017-10-15T07:25:07.580+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312042597262488816.post-79974804015843124642017-10-15T07:24:00.365+09:002017-10-15T07:24:00.365+09:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.A.J.Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021139430138620033noreply@blogger.com