I concur with those who believe that this thread has long outlived its usefulness. 
The positions of all who have contributed are known. 

As a Tibetan friend once said: if you just want to go around in circles, there's more
merit in doing circumambulations.

I think it's time to call a halt.

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, 
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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