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From: hughes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes)
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Subject: Re: Salvation
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Date: 20 Mar 90 23:17:06 GMT
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In article <14550@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> palmer@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Grant E. Palmer) writes:
> My question is do the Eastern religions have a similar belief.  Do Buddhists
> think "If you don't accept Buddha, you are damned"?.  What do followers of

No, in fact there's even a good book called "If you meet the Buddha on
the road, kill him!"  The idea is that Buddha consciousness is latent
within you, and you don't have to look to someone else to find it.

So, in essence, they are saying "if you don't accept your own Buddha
nature, you are damned".