http://www.darkzen.com/Articles/authenticeightfoldpath.htm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0971254109/ref=as_pt/002-6679070-8360861


My guess those post have been written followers of Shakya Aryanatta (see
the above sites), who have been on a number of different lists and boards,
including here. They tend to obnoxious as only true believers can be.

I don't have time to work through translations of those texts, but the do
not point to an eternal soul, but they do point to an interesting use of
atta in terms of "self" development, in terms of cultivation of the seven
factor, the five thingies... in other words the 37 bodhi-pakkhiya-dhammas.



At 09:19 AM 5/12/02 -0600, you wrote:

>Dear Pali Group Members:
>
>Over the past month or two, several newsgroups on usenet and the Tricycle
>Magazine bulletin boards have been flooded with posts claiming that the
>Buddha taught of an eternal soul. Typically, this claim is followed by a
>series of translations of alleged snippets from the Pali canon in support
>this claim.