Is Any Religion True and Reliable? A Buddhist Answer

<p>Nobody heard the Buddha say any of it. Not the Lotus Sutra, not the Heart Sutra, not even the Pali suttas. So what remains for us? In this episode, we look honestly at who actually wrote the Buddhist scriptures, from centuries of oral recitation to a companion text of the Lotus Sutra that was most likely composed in China. The answer isn&#39;t a loss. The Dharma reaches us as an expanding signal, carried forward by practitioners who found something real and passed it on. And because anyone can claim to add to it, the tradition gives us a test: does a teaching stand in the gate and charge a toll, or stand beside the gate and point? Read the essay: <a href="https://www.twobuddhas.org/post/is-any-religion-true-and-reliable-a-buddhist-answer" target="_blank">https://www.twobuddhas.org/post/is-any-religion-true-and-reliable-a-buddhist-answer</a></p>