> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko (Äìèòðèé
> Dear Robert,
>
> Vimuttimagga is a perfectly Theravadin
> work, without any elements of 'vetulya'.
>
> <snip>
> The venerable author just tells that it is a work similar to
> Visuddhimagga, and indicates differences and similarities between
> these two works. Evidently there was no blunt rejection. The

members

> of Mahavihara just had their own viewpoint on some controversial

issues.

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Dear Dimitry,
Why do you think the Vimuttimagga is not available in Pali. Why
didn't the venerable order preserve it along with the
Visuddhimagga.It has been since the 1980's that I read it so I can't
remember many details. You gave this reply in an earlier post about
it;"To Robert Kirkpatrick:
Indeed Vimuttimagga contains Mahayana-like allusions to Bodhisattvas
and Mahasattvas. That may be the reason why it didn't survive in Pali
version."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/1345


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> r> The term nimitta has to be undertsood in context. The commentary
> r> make this clear and explains carefully. I see no reason to

doubt it.

>
> Would you please explain what exactly you don't doubt?
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The commentaries emphasize different aspects at different times. It
is too much of a task for me to investigate each point but I see no
reason why each explanation is not right at that level/context.


RobertK