--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptyb...@...> wrote: > > > This kind of argument goes nowhere. > > 1. Buddhist teaching were oral at first and were not > > written for about 300 years. This is a long period > > of time and some scholars have used this fact to doubt > > that Gautama Buddha even existed. They point out that > > the Christian Gospels were written only about 30-70 > > years after Jesus was alleged to have lived and taught. > > Considering the variability of these early gospels > > this leaves little reason to assert that Gautama's > > words were accurately recorded, even by oral > > traditions of chanters. > > In fact the first Buddhist council was only organized > > 45-50 years after the Buddha's parinirvana. One reason > > for the coucil was that the volume of material claimed > > as his teaching had increased over the years. Thus this > > council was the first attempt to formalize his teachings > > and it was done in an oral format. > > 2. The Buddha had dialogues with many brahmana-s who > > were by definition oral reciters of the Vedika tradition. > > Some of these same brahmana-s became monastic disciples > > under Buddha's direct guidance. The udgita/pranava/omkara > > was part of the recited lineage of the surrounding culture. It > > was a stamp of Vedika recitation - and done in Vedik which later > > developed into Sanskrit. There would be no reason to retain > > the udgita in the recensions of the vugate/prakrit Pali Suttas > > since the Buddha forbade the retention of Vedika Sanskrita. by the same token how can you make the last assertion with any confidence as well
> > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > netineti3: > > > ...it has been chanted for the past 6-7 thousand > > > years. From ancient Rishis to Egyptians. > > > > > So, I wonder why 'OMKARA' wasn't mentioned by > > the historical Buddha? Something this popular > > and this important would surely have been one > > of the topics covered by him. > > >
