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

> > Hey Gunnar
> >
>
> A Sri Lankan monk once gave a lecture in Canada ... claimed that

the word "vipassana" doesn't occur in the Tipitaka (it

> does, after all).
>
>

Dear Yuttadhammo,

I find this word, Vipassana, not only is very seldom mentioned in the
SN and SA, but also in the principal four nikayas/agamas (cf. also
Pali English Dictionary, p. 627). Why? Is it not an important word
being used at the time of the Buddha? Or is it actually created at a
relatively late period (after the death of the Buddha)?

Regards,

Thomas Law