On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > 5. The meal > of > of pork is well-known of course; this is the first time I have read all the > details. >
I am no expert, but there are theories on the Internet that say that Buddha ate "sukara maddava" i.e. Pig's Delight (i.e. mushrooms). It sounds altogether less menacing and suspicious to imagine that the Buddha died accidentally of poisonous mushrooms. One can only place so much faith in recorded history, there are many interpretations and the devil is in the details - so I'll be taking any theory on things ancient with a truck load of salt. Cheeni
