do you accept teachings that were from the masters that are not
from the historical Buddha? some of the Mahayana teachings were not
taught by the Buddha, but by some of the masters.
as for me, I tend to follow the theravada way because of the
authentic teachings taught by the Buddha. I am in a dilemma cos
Mahayana aspirations for Buddhahood is a great vow. I dunno if the
Buddha did encourage his disciples to strive for Buddhahood? I read
that the Buddha predicted the Buddhahood of some of his disciples,
but are there acknowledged and concurred by the Theravada side?