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"The recurrent claim that Buddhism is not a religion on a par with others but something of a different order, maybe a ‘way of life,’ so that the other religions are or may be compatible with it, is, among other things, an attempt to reclaim Buddhist uniqueness. What is being claimed, usually in a very vague and muddled way, can be expressed in my terms: that the other religions are all right on the communal level, but only the Buddha pointed the true way to salvation." (1) (1) Gombrich, Richard. Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo. London and New York: Routledge, 1988.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:55:27 +0000

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