Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China. I believe the story we discussed at yesterday’s seminar on the SAUMOL is from the Skill-in-Means or Skillful Means Sutra (Upāyakauśalya-sūtra)...
It is useful to remember that Shakyamuni lived to be almost 80 and preached the dharma for 49 years to all kinds and levels of living beings. It is said the Buddha offered 84,000 dharma gates to counter the 84,000...