Dear Piya,
During the panel discussions, someone hi-lights three issues which
speeding up the dismission of Buddhim in India.
1. Too many transplant of gods, stories and ceremony from Brahman
Religion to Buddhism.
2. Major Buddhist monasteries supported by royal families instead of
popular people. Monks and nuns evolved to be scholars instead of
teachers of Dhamma.
3. Buddhism is easier to be an international religion, so Sangha and
lay-deciples have ways to escape into foreign countries. Jains is more
or less like domestic religion. Foreign countries can not accept Jains'
Doctrine due to their own culture.

Do you agree upon above-stated possibilities.
Do item 1, 2 & 3 also have the same impact to Jains?

Yifer

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> If you read this paper, make special note of the sramonapasaka
(s'rama,na + upaasaka), who effectively are lay teachers who quietly
went on teaching the Jain Dharma while the> Muslims ravage the country
killing off Buddhism.
> The Sramanopasaka (besides the Jain monks) help preserve Jainism in
India up to this> day (unlike Buddhism which disappeared).
>
> Sukhi
>
> Piya