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Ninian Smart: "Faktanya adalah bahwa Buddhisme telah banyak berubah. K...

"Faktanya adalah bahwa Buddhisme telah banyak berubah. Ketika Santo Fransiskus dari Xavier tiba di Jepang, ia menulis kembali ke Vatikan dan membuat lelucon. "Sangat disayangkan," katanya, "bahwa Lutheran ada di sini sebelum saya." Yang ia maksudkan adalah bahwa Buddhisme Tanah Suci sangat mirip dengan Lutheranisme."

--- Ninian Smart

Versi Bahasa Inggris

The fact of the matter is that Buddhism has changed a lot. When St. Francis of Xavier arrived in Japan, he wrote back to the Vatican and made a joke. "It is unfortunate," he said, "that the Lutherans were here before me." By this he meant that Pure Land Buddhism was so much like Lutheranism.