The Buddha Is Alive

[RobertK]

@Baloo

This doctrine (even from its earliest primitive forms that held by the predecessor of Mahāyāna) was rejected by the Sthaviras (Elders), who considered these views heretical.

Thank you Dhammapala. I just point out that is better not to use sanskrit like “Sthaviras” . The pali- Theravada is much preferred.
see this thread

The myth of "Sthaviravada"

Excellent post by Dmytro: https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=28943 Hi, There’s a popular buddhological construct of “Sthaviravada” - an enigmatic early school, quite different from Theravada. Caodemarte [ who is one of those who mistakenly believes this ] summed it up nicely: Caodemarte wrote: From Early Buddhist schools - Wikipedia “Noted Canadian Buddhist scholar A.K. Warder (University of Toronto) identifies the following eighteen early Buddhist schools (in approximate chron…