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Originally Posted by cathutch
How to interpret the "All" (Sanskrit: sarva) in late Vedic scriptures, and the "all" (Pali: sabba) in the suttas?
This is a quick note I made on the "All" in the Upaniṣads and the Mokṣadharma; that might have influenced the Buddha and early Buddhism.
Is there any possibility to find similarities between Brahmanic & Buddhist cosmologies?
What is your position on the matter?
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Hi Cathutch,
I think Buddhist cosmology indeed was influenced by the Vedic cosmology.
In my opinion this happened because both regions of religion lie close to one another.
For example Egyptian or Maya cosmology is very different from the two others mentioned above.
I think this is so because Egypt and America lie further away from India.
Nowadays with our advanced communication technology, distance is trivial concerning 'transfer of knowledge'. But in ancient times distance was a very important factor.
Just my take on this matter.