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Updated: May 13, 2025
His purpose was to unite the teachings of both the Greater and the Lesser Vehicle in a sutra whose burden should be one of ethics and not of dogma. The founder of this sect was greatly honored by the Chinese Emperor. Furthermore, he was honored in vision by the holy Pindola or Binzura, who praised the founder as the best man that had promulgated the discipline since Buddha himself.
When lists of attainments are given, iddhi does not receive the first place and it may be possessed by bad men: Devadatta for instance was proficient in it. It is even denounced in the story of Pindola Bhâradvâja and in the Kevaddha sutta . In this curious dialogue the Buddha is asked to authorize the performance of miracles as an advertisement of the true faith.
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