Hi Ven,


.. did you already read the (admittedly

> lengthy) debate I posted in the form of a link? It addresses this
> issue dead on, and is given by the late Ven. Sayaadaw U
> ~Naa.nuttara, Agga Mahaa Pa.n.dita.

This is, if i'm not mistaken, a digital version of the famous debate
carried on originally in Sri Lanka, then printed in Burma. I have
read it carefully many years ago. It was, for me, one of the
defining moments that convinced me i could not rely on the views of
Theravadin orthodoxy. My own book, A Swift Pair of Messengers, was
written because i wanted to seek a different way of approaching the
question, one that would avoid the unnecessary detours and dubious
assumptions underlying that debate. Despite my obvious lack of
qualification to undertake such a task, i did it because i wanted to
make the issues as clear and unambiguous as possible for myself.
Since then, I have grown rather weary of the subject, having been
over and around all the arguments and sources, etc., so many times...

>
> > Well, we do have to share a planet together...
>
> You do? That's too bad...
>
> Not me... if I have a say in it, I'm out of here...
>

ahh, yes, but in the meantime? And what happens if you become an
anagami, get reborn in the Pure Abodes.....and they're full of
Mahayanists!

in Dhamma

Ven Sujato