Re: Did Buddha teach inaction

Hi, Dimitry,

I think this was a little joke on the part of the Buddha ... :-)

> (c) That the Buddha affirmed the theory of inaction (akiriya.vaada):
> Buddha: Yes, Brahmin, I proclaim inaction in respect of misconduct

of

> body, speech and mind; I proclaim inaction in respect to all evil

and

> bad things.

About that Mass of Fire ...

Having read the PTS translation, I've revised our translation of the
sutta and put the new one at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/files/an07-068.htm

The ony bit I'm not happy with yet is the second last paragraph on
that page.

Derek.