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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by lynguist on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:46PM (#32077296)
Islam is Christianity that goes “back to the roots” X Buddhism from Afghanistan/Eastern Persia (including the pilgrimage and washing ritual). Trinitarianism is only one branch of Christianity and not the main one. It was delicately made into the main one much later.
Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by selimthegrim on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:18PM (#32122077)
The prayer style probably owes a lot to Syrian Christian monks or Manichaeans