Jiang's model of Buddhism as a ruler-backed challenge to Brahmin control over spiritual access.
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Buddhism as revolutionary religion
Jiang's model of Buddhism as a ruler-backed challenge to Brahmin control over spiritual access.
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"And who who most wants change or revolutionary change? Excuse me? The lower nobility and who's the lower lower nobility in this system? The..."
"So Buddhism follows this system except for one major difference. You don't need the Brahmin to access Nirvana. Okay? You don't need the Brahmin..."
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