Re: parami / paramita

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "cheangoo" <cheangoo@...> wrote:

> The idea of paramis to be cultivated as part of the Busshist path

is

> secure but the fact whether the concept of "paramis" which must be
> fully developed was ever meant in the earliest Buddhist discourses

is

> debatable. Many monks and Buddhist scholars will question that

the

> Buddha actually specified 6 or 10 paramis as such although the

Pali

> suttas are full of numerous occasions where the Brahmaviharas are
> expounded, as well as khanti, dana and others. It is revealing

that

> the paramis as such are usually associated with the Jatakas, which
> most scholars will not accept as the Buddha's actual teachings but
> rather as moral stories aimed at the local, rather unlearned,
> unsophisticated Indian peasantry of the time.

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Dear Cheang Do,
My studies of the Tipitaka confirm that the Jataka is part of it.
The commentaries to the Jataka are also associated with it and are
an ancient part of the Theravada tradition. I find the Jataka deep
in meaning.
Robertk