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   XPost: alt.zen, alt.religion.buddhism.theravada, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren   
   From: usagi@tsukino.ca   
      
   On 5/9/2012 3:41 PM, Disbasing Zen Stories wrote:   
   >   
   > With little meaningful argument to the contrary, those who question   
   > the validity of the Nirvana Sutra and the Lotus Sutra must of   
   > necessity question ALL of sutras of the Buddha, since they all arrive   
   > through the prodigious and precise memory of Ananda at the First   
   > Council 30 years after the death of the Buddha, which was presided   
   > over by Mahakashyapa. (See the chapter on the First Council, from the   
   > book by President Ikeda, "Buddhism in the First Millenium".)   
      
   This is an indirect answer to my earlier question. Thanks. There is   
   still much I have left to learn of Buddhism ^^   
      
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