[Buddha-l] Re: G-d, the D-vil and other imaginary friends

[Timothy C. Cahill]

> Stephen, nice to see you at it again. It's good to hear that you are hard at
> work on MPNS, and hopefully your work will shed some new light on the thing.

Seconded! And very nice to read such a detailed exchange, which I find
very informative and stimulating. One small comment about:

> > Partial from whose point of view.
>
> The subsequent Chinese tradition, of course. That is how they have
> characterized it for over 1500 years. {...}

How is the nonspecialist audience supposed to know this?  And further, has
the writer been asked by the publishers to produce a tightly limited piece
from a traditional Chinese perspective?  If chapters were likely
added later then doesn't Faxian deserve credit for translating the
*entire* text as it (likely) existed in his time?

best,
Tim Cahill