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[Joy Vriens]

Richard,

>A few weeks ago when we were discussing books on Buddhism allowed in 
>American prisons, someone kindly sent me the list. There was also a list 
>of books on Hinduism. That list was almost unbelievably one-sided. There 
>was hardly anything on it except for works about Swami Muktananda and 
>Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. 

>My curiosity about anything in Buddhism anywhere in the world after 
>about the second century is pretty feeble. Pretty much all of Buddhism 
>has been moving pretty precipitously downhill since Nagarjuna. (What 
>does Wikipedia say about THAT?) 

It is my opinion that Buddhism has been moving downhill since Brahma Sahampati convinced the Buddha to teach, but then I have enough sand in my eyes for a small kindergarten to play in. 

BTW could you give us the official list of books on Buddhism written before the 2nd century?

Joy