Many thanks for your comments on that Udaana verse.
I found on the internet an interview you'd given with WIE magazine
and I was fascinated by the point you and the interviewer discussed
about the different levels of teaching the Buddha gave out --
the "real thing" for those who were close enough to understanding it,
and "puthujjana Buddhism" (wonderful expression!) for everyone else.
I also agreed with your view about the benefits of actually being
around a Buddha, or at the very least an arahant, in order to "get
it."
Your observations clarified a lot of questions I'd often wondered
about, and made eminently good sense to me.