Thanks Bruce for your suggestions. I will look up Jayatilleke.

I'm not sure of the context of the passage I'm searching for, though I had
actually come across it recently but never thought then to remember the
exact reference.

I'm aware of some of the problems of omniscience, but I don't think the
passage suggests omniscience in the post-Canonical sense. I'm guided by such
suttas as the Sabba Sutta (S 35.23/4:16).

Sukhi.

Piya

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Burrill" <brburl@...>
To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 08 June, 2003 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Buddha knows


> At 11:26 AM 6/8/03 +0800, you wrote:
> >I still hope some generous scholar out there will help me locate the
> >reference where it is said that Buddha/s and devas know/see what we are
> >doing. I prefer not to make a Sutta quote when I am uncertain of its
exact
> >reference.
>
>
> I would strongly hope that such a text does not exist it is suggest an
> thorough going omniscience, but if it does, I am sure it would be found in
> Jayatilleke's great opus, EARLY BUDDHIST THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE. If I had the
> time I'd be more than happy to rummage through it in search of the text in
> question.
>
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