The Diptych: Response Mode
Buddhism and Theravada: objections and replies
The standard objections each side raises, in their strongest form, with the strongest replies on the record. Every statement here stands under steelman review, and the reviewer and date stand with it. Response Mode adds no argumentation of its own. Return to the comparison
What Buddhism says to Theravada
No reviewed objection from Buddhism to Theravada stands on the record yet. External critique enters this page only in its strongest form, with a reply or a recorded absence, under a named reviewer's steelman determination.
What Theravada says to Buddhism
No reviewed objection from Theravada to Buddhism stands on the record yet. External critique enters this page only in its strongest form, with a reply or a recorded absence, under a named reviewer's steelman determination.
The critique Buddhism raises against itself
No reviewed internal critique stands on the record yet. Internal critique is sourced to a voice from within the tradition: a reformer, a dissenter, a council, or an official document.
The critique Theravada raises against itself
No reviewed internal critique stands on the record yet. Internal critique is sourced to a voice from within the tradition: a reformer, a dissenter, a council, or an official document.