What anomosity? (On Mr. Malaiya's comments)

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INDOLOGY, Luis Gonzalez-Reimann <reimann@U...> wrote:

> At 11:35 PM 09/12/2002 +0000, Yashwant Malaiya wrote:

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> > It is very widely believed that there was animosity between Buddhist

> > monks and brahmins.

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> > It would be interesting to investigate the origin of this view.

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> The post below, from 6 years ago, might be of interest to those following=

this

> discussion.

>

> Luis González-Reimann

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> INDOLOGY

> Wed, 8 May 1996 08:30:05 -0400 (EDT)

> Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@u...>

> Early Buddhist rejection of the Vedas

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>

> The clearest evidence from the early Buddhist texts for the

> rejection of

> the Vedas, not just of the caste of the Brahmans or their sacrifices, is =

found

> in the TevijjaSutta of the Diighanikaaya among other sources. It specifi=

cally

> refers not only to the three Vedas, but to a number of specific Vedas and=

 

> their

> Shaakhaas: [...]

 

Kogen Mizuno, Buddhist sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission,

Kosei publishing, Tokyo, 1995, p. 27

 

"Shakyamuni, who wanted his teachings to reach all classes of society equal=

ly,

thought that the lower classes should be the focus for his ministry

and therefore preached his teaching in Magadhi, the everyday language of th=

e

common people, so that even the lower classes could understand him. The

popularity of Buddhism can thus be understood, for on hearing his teachin=

g,

not only nobles, ministers, and Brahmins but also the untouchables, who had=

 

never before been offered religious instruction, took refuge in the Buddha.=

 

 

Two Brahman brothers named Yameru and Tekula, impressed by Shakyamuni's =

preaching, became

Buddhist monks. Believing that preaching the precious teaching in the coars=

e

Magadhi marred the dignity of Buddhism, they asked Shakyamuni to preach in =

the

inflected, sonorous Vedic Sanskrit of the Brahmanic scriptures.

Shakyamuni, who cherished the hope of bringing his teaching to all classes,=

 

admonished them, saying that anyone who preached Buddhism ion Vedic

Sanskrit would be punished."

 

What is the Sutra/Sutta name in which the Buddha goes for the

local vernacular instead of Vedic Sanskrit?

 

Thanks,

N. Ganesan