--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Kumaara Bhikkhu <venkumara@...> wrote:

> the commentaries are helpful in many ways. I myself do sometimes

refer to them for ideas, such as in preparing for talks. However, when
it comes to stretching the meaning of the Pali, or adding its own ideas
(particularly those that contradict the Pali) and apocryphal stories, I
rather disappointed about them.

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Dear venerable Kumara,
Do you have any examples of where the ccommentry contradicts the pali
(i.e the Tipitaka). How do you define apocryphal?
robert