Gary Donnelly (@gjdonnelly.bsky.social)

A note on the significance of the Gāndhārī Buddhist literature Does anybody remember that phrase, ‘the stink of Zen’? That idea within Zen that practitioners can be a bit to self-impressed and self-assured, thinking they know it all, detaching themselves from real life and facts on the ground? I…

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A note on the significance of the Gāndhārī Buddhist literature Does anybody remember that phrase, ‘the stink of Zen’? That idea within Zen that practitioners can be a bit to self-impressed and self-assured, thinking they know it all, detaching themselves from real life and facts on the ground? I think we see a similar thing a lot with lay Theravādins, too. Anybody who subscribes to me on Tik Tok and if you don't, why not?) will have seen that for the past couple of weeks, I have been engaged in some back-and-forth with some particularly vocal, usually Western, Theravādin Buddhists. https://garydonnelly.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/a-note-on-the-significance-of-the-gandhari-buddhist-literature/