[Buddha-l] Re: Where does authority for "true" Buddhism come from?

[Richard Nance]

Hi Benito -- you wrote:

>  When the early texts agree, we can be
> quite sure that they are relating the original teaching
> of the Buddha.

The issue may be more complicated than you think. You might want to
have a look at Gregory Schopen's article "Two Problems in the History
of Indian Buddhism" (reprinted in *Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks*,
University of Hawai'i Press 1997, pp. 23-55). See especially section
III.

Best wishes,

R. Nance
Ann Arbor, MI