Dear Robert,

I study many things, and whatever they may be, I try to get to exact
sources.
Studying Atthakatha, I also try to get the exact references.

I study suttas, which I believe to be reasonably well preserved words of
the Buddha, and draw conclusions from them.

Whenever Sutta and Atthakatha point in different directions, I rely on
suttas as more reliable source.

Dmytro

("Dmytro" is a Ukrainian name, derived from Ancient Greek "Demetrius".
See http://www.behindthename.com/nm/d3.html )

rjkjp1 ÐÉÛÅÔ:

> Dear Dmyty
> I will look for some passages on this. In the meantime I'm a little
> puzzled. You wrote to Steve:
>
> "There is no argument that stream-entry is attainble without jhana.
> However further progress requires completion of concentration
> development"
>
> Yet here you quote a passage where it explains that arahantship too
> is reached by means of insight (without any mundane jhana)?
> Robertk