The Buddha did not appoint anybody to be the spiritual leader of Buddhism after his death? He said that the teachings should be the leader or refuge after his death.-AW
We read in the scriptures (Dialogues of the Buddha, II, 16, the Book of the Great Decease) that the Buddha said to his disciple Ananda:
Therefore, Ananda, be an island to yourselves, a refuge to yourselves, seeking no external refuge; with the Teaching as your island, the Teaching as your refuge, seeking no other refuge.
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