why doesnt Theravada recognise Amitabha Buddha & other Pusa

An Eternal Now SG

There is no way to verify the authenticity of anything, as basically all sutras including the Pali suttas are only written down 500 years after Buddha's parinirvana.

The Mahayana certainly believes that the Mahayana sutras are expounded by the Buddha.

maggot SG

Agama sutras are written after Buddha’s parinirvana

Where got a huge gap of 500 years?

The first agama sutra by Buddha’s disciples that was written immediately after Buddha’s parinirvana seems to be lost…anyone got any news of it???

Weychin SG

From what I little I can understand from the mahayana point of view , the Buddha transcends time, therefore, the sermons are not in chronological sequence , it also be in a form of termas(?), to be release at a later time. Just like a recording, perhaps?!!

An Eternal Now SG

Agama sutras are written after Buddha’s parinirvana

Where got a huge gap of 500 years?

The first agama sutra by Buddha’s disciples that was written immediately after Buddha’s parinirvana seems to be lost…anyone got any news of it???

No you are mistaken. They are recited 3 weeks after parinirvana.

But the Pali suttas are only written down 500 years after Buddha's parinirvana at Sri Lanka.

maggot SG

Oh ok

Buddha founded buddhism so why recognise other persons?

They don’t discover buddhism

An Eternal Now SG

What do you mean by recognise other persons?

He is self-awoken, so, he did not need to, and will not recognise other teachers.

However he has many students who was awakened under him.

He also stated that he is not the first nor the last Buddha in the world, though at the time of his awakening, there was no other human teachers in that place and time that was his equivalent.

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