Devadatta the monks to live a rigorous lifestyle. This has led Ray to regard the story of Devadatta as a legend produced by the Sthavira group. Faxian and other Chinese pilgrims who travelled to India in the early centuries of the current era recorded the continued existence of "Gotamaka" buddhists, followers of Devadatta. Gotamaka are also referred to in Pali texts of the second and fifth centuries of the current era. The followers of Devadatta are recorded to have honored all the Buddhas previous to Śākyamuni (Gautama Buddha), but not Śākyamuni himself. According to Faxian, Xuanzang and Yijing's writings, some people
Military Religious Freedom Foundation JAG School, the Air Command and Staff College, and the US Army War College. Jewish veteran Akiva David Miller,<ref name="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID"> "Orthodox US Jewish Navy Veteran: Chaplains repeatedly tried to convert me", israelenews.com, May 28, 2008.</ref> who alleged he had suffered religious discrimination and aggressive Christian proselyzation while receiving care at the Iowa City, Iowa V.A. Medical Center beginning in 2005 was a client of the MRFF. 2006 saw the exposure by the MRFF of a promotional video by Christian Embassy (an offshoot of the evangelical Campus Crusade for Christ) which was filmed in the Pentagon and featured uniformed Generals. Following