Robert Dominik said:
http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/<- What do you think about this site? Also what do you think about the problem of people using such fake quotes? I think that not being mindful of the sources of them quotes and using many fake quotes (meaning quotes that have no grounding in sutras etc.) may serve to support delusions and preconcived ideas about dharma that many people may have. At least personally I've seen many examples of using excerpts from suttas that have been distorted, shallowed down and stripped of most of the context... and many times people used them to suggest that Buddhadharma supports their ideas etc.
I replied:
Those who use fake quotes are slandering the
Buddha. Those who slander the Buddha are creating very bad
karma.
Buddha: "Monks, these two slander the Tathagata. Which two?
He who explains what was not said or spoken by the Tathagata as
said or spoken by the Tathagata. And he who explains what was said
or spoken by the Tathagata as not said or spoken by the Tathagata.
These are two who slander the Tathagata."
So everyone please be careful next
time.
p.s. that site is great
Robert Dominik said:
http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/<- What do you think about this site? Also what do you think about the problem of people using such fake quotes? I think that not being mindful of the sources of them quotes and using many fake quotes (meaning quotes that have no grounding in sutras etc.) may serve to support delusions and preconcived ideas about dharma that many people may have. At least personally I've seen many examples of using excerpts from suttas that have been distorted, shallowed down and stripped of most of the context... and many times people used them to suggest that Buddhadharma supports their ideas etc.
I replied:
Those who use fake quotes are slandering the
Buddha. Those who slander the Buddha are creating very bad
karma.
Buddha: "Monks, these two slander the Tathagata. Which two?
He who explains what was not said or spoken by the Tathagata as
said or spoken by the Tathagata. And he who explains what was said
or spoken by the Tathagata as not said or spoken by the Tathagata.
These are two who slander the Tathagata."
So everyone please be careful next
time.
p.s. that site is great