Ninian Smart Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: May 6, 1927 - January 29, 2001
Birthday: May 6
Death: January 29
The fact of the matter is that Buddhism has changed a lot. When St. Francis of Xavier arrived in Japan, he wrote back to the Vatican and made a joke. "It is unfortunate," he said, "that the Lutherans were here before me." By this he meant that Pure Land Buddhism was so much like Lutheranism.
topic: Buddhism, Japan, Land, Lutherans
