The Debate of King Milinda Motilal Banarsidass Swami Vishnudevananda was sent to

Swami Vishnudevananda was sent to the West by his guru with the words

The former seven chapters establish the ontological identity of the Tathagata-embryo (Tathagatagarbha) through a critical examination of the major sutral authority for the concept

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along with several secondary sources and other traditional medicinal systems

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The Debate of King Milinda Motilal Banarsidass Swami Vishnudevananda was sent toThe Milinda Panha is, with good reason, a famous work of Buddhist literature, probably compiled in the first century B. C. It presents Buddhist doctrine in a very attractive and memorable form as a dialogue between a Bactrian Greek king, Milinda, who plays the 'Devil's Advocate' and a Buddhist sage, Nagasena. The topics covered include most of those questions commonly asked by Westerners such as "If there is no soul, what is it that is reborn?" and