From: Nina van Gorkom
Message: 13365
Date: 2009-02-26
> For the meaning of 'pariyatti' I have been somewhat confused as to------
> whether
> it refers to scriptural/textual learning or the texts themselves. I
> follow
> the Abh-.t gloss on 'pariyatti' in Abh 784 which has "pariyatti
> pariyaapu.nitabbaa vinayaabhidhammasuttantaa." = "pariyatti is the
> vinaya,
> abhidhamma, & suttanta to be learnt or fully-mastered". I think the
> three
> pillars of the religious life or, in other words, the three-fold
> Saasana
> sums it up beautifully and serves as a great conceptual model for
> finding
> one's bearing.