This "rule" is carried over by oral tradition in Theravada and is adhered to today. Just the opposite among Mahayana/Vajrayana lineages. However, all of their codifications were "discovered" later.
Unfortunately we don't historically know a lot more. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukr...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ 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. > > > > > >
