Lest we forget, Pali is worldly vijja. :-)

kb

Gunnar Gällmo wrote thus at 23:44 16/03/2009:

>--- Den mån 2009-03-16 skrev Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...>:
>"> Science (human) is avijjaa and not vijjaa.
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>N: That is true, because it does not lead out of the cycle of birth
>and death, it cannot eradicate defilements.
>
>Nina."
>
>It's not liberating vijjaa, but it _is_ wordly knowledge; and without that wordly knowledge, there would be no computers, no internet, and no group like ours.
>
>And without that knowledge, it is doubtful whether the higher knowledge of the Dhamma would ever have spread outside South Asia.
>
>So let's put it in a proper perspective. Worldly knowledge is not liberating vijjaa, but it can be used to support it.
>
>Gunnar