Dear Nina,

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I do have the English tr (PTS) of VbhA, but not sure if
you are referring to the same thing.

However, is there any explanation why the Vbh list of thought-courses of craving
(ta.nhaa,vicaritaani) is slightly different from the Sutta by way of sequence as well
as name. For example, Vbh has "siya.m" throughout in place of "san ti" (Sutta also
has "santi" throughout).

Stephen says that the Chinese, Sanskrit and Tibetan list agree very closely, but I
have not seen them (I mean the Sanskrit version).

Sukhi

Piya

Nina van Gorkom wrote:

> Dear Piya and Stephen
> The Commentary to the Vibhanga, the Sammoha Vinodanii, explains in detail
> the craving by way of wrong view and by way of conceit. This may throw some
> light upon the matter.
> I have it in English: Ch 17, Minor Bases, Behaviour of Craving.
> < ... since there comes to be the thought: 'I am' depending on this internal
> pentad of aggregates, due to taking it as a unit (samuuhagaaha) through
> craving, pride and wrong view.>
> Thus, we may cling by tanhaa alone, or by maana or by di.t.thi.
> Nina.
> op 26-06-2005 17:50 schreef Piya Tan op libris@...:
>
> > Bhante (pl) & Fellow Pali sissaa,
> >
> > I have sent Stephen my own maiden attempt at translating the Tanha Sutta--a
> > rather
> > difficult sutta. The 18 thought-courses rooted in craving are explained in the
> > Vibhanga, but Woodward thinks that there are some discrepancies here.
> >
> > I have yet to do a serious comparative study of the Tanha Sutta and the
> > Vibhanga.
>
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