Превосходство одного буддийского учения над другими

Очевидно, что это не так, иначе бы откуда тантраяне взяться? Не от вымышленных же персонажей?

Collectively, these reports show Naropa—and other siddhas—not as ferocious Herukas in the wilderness, but as elderly lay gurus and panditas, who traveled in palanquins and needed assistance simply to walk up stairs. Nagtso indicated that Naropa’s teeth were probably stained red from chewing betel-leaf, which would have given him the dramatic receding gums that afflict habitual
users of that mild intoxicant. He was doubtless extremely fat, as Nagtso affirms, and wore a red turban over his long, henna-dyed hair. Nagtso seems to indicate that Naropa preferred the company of important political personages over that of Buddhist monks, since a local prince’s visit preempted the translator from actually speaking with the aging lay scholar. Thus siddhas—and no one was a siddha if Naropa was not a siddha—apparently manipulated media representations as well as any accomplished purveyor of power could, although certainly much of it was done by their followers.

А что? Некоторые исследования философа или пандита Пелевина дают основания считать, что Чапаев имел некоторое отношение к Шуньяте. Пустота не была для него пустым словом. Известно, что он цитировал "Хридаю". Не исключено, что окажется, что как раз Василий Иванович и есть махасидха.