Quotes against universalism
Quotes against universalism By universalism, I mean the view that all human beings will be ultimately liberated or saved. Quotes from Buddhist discourses “[Ananda:] About this a wise man considers thus: ‘This good teacher has this theory and view, “There are these seven bodies… fools and wise men both will make an end of suffering.” If this good teacher’s words are true, then here in this teaching I have done my duty by not doing it, here I have lived the life divine by not living it; and both of us are exactly equal here in this teaching, both are arrived at equality. But what I do not say is that both of us will make an end of suffering by travelling and trudging through the round of rebirths. But this good teacher’s nakedness, his shavenness, devotion to the squatting position and pulling out hair and beard, are superfluous since I, who live in a house crowded with children, using Benares sandalwood, wearing garlands, scents and unguents, accepting gold and silver, shall...