Coëmgenu wrote
Lots of people here uncritically hate
all kinds of Buddhism that are actually practiced by real people in the real world, and so will say "yes" to any and all critique regardless the merit. You will encounter these people roaming the forums shouting misinformation, untruths, likely even lies, like "Buddhaghosa was a Hindu."
Lots of people here hating? do you believe this? I think a few make outrageous statements when they are hungering for attention. I don't think they really hate.
All the buddhists (including Theravadins) are they not supposed to be adherents to Metta sutta? which writes
"Let one not deceive another,
nor despise anyone anywhere"
Regarding
Buddhaghosa was a hindu if this is true then Vasubandu would have to be a Hindu too... or at least they were both influenced by hinduistic notions (including Upanishad or whatever) of yogic meditation. Was not Alaya vinnana a modified version of Upanishadic beliefs? Buddhaghosa and Vasu firmly believed that Arupa Samapatthis lead to Nibbana. If they firmly understood how DO works, would they believe so?
Cessation has already occurred in 4th jhana?
By introducing these Upanishad influenced yogic methods on top of the Arupas, after the first cessation a second cessation was introduced. It is kind of dumb, is it not? as if Buddha first came up with a faulty cessation. How could Buddha make an error? 4th jhana was how he became enlightened. MN 4.
It is true that Arupas are written of, in some suttas in the canon, the portion that was influenced by
die hard brahmins that later became buddhists.
Why did Buddhaghosa and Vasu buy that? That may be why some call them Hindus.
But for that error, the culprits are a few sutta compilers themselves. Looks like Vasu and Buddhaghosa bought everything written in the canon, believing they were teachings of the Buddha.
But then again this is so unlike Vasu. It is said that Vasu and Mahayanists wrote their own suttas, because Vasu thought that Ananda did not remember all the teachings of the Buddha based on something he said MN 121?
Is this a fact or not? You seem to be very well informed regarding Mahayana. I am curious. What was the reason they came up with a new set of suttas?
Best!