Way Of Dharma: Yoga, Meditation and Hinduism

Scholars increasingly believe that the Buddha did not deny the self and his message was identical to that of the Vedas.

The Buddha's teaching is seen as being equivalent in style and content to the slogan 'neti! neti!' of the Upanishads.

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— Subhash Kak ☀️ (@subhash_kak) April 9, 2020

The scholar A.R. Wells calls it a 2000 year misunderstanding & the tradition "shifted onto the concept of nirvana all of the significance that at first was shared with the atman. The view held by some scholars that nirvana at first meant simple extinction collapses entirely."
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— Subhash Kak (@subhash_kak) April 9, 2020

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