| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - natural aid.???And the self-reliance theme is stressed in many places in the Dhammapada, verses 25, 160, and 276 just to name a few .I think the quote from Novak and Smith is a prime example of the Western tendency to 'de-supernaturalize' Theravada in particular, but also Buddhism in general (which is not to say that such 'de-supernaturalization' has not been encouraged by some Asian Buddhists as
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