Re: upaaya and vimangsa

From: Nina van Gorkom
Message: 13772
Date: 2009-06-24

Dear Nick,
Op 24-jun-2009, om 5:52 heeft gwinkrob het volgende geschreven:

> In the Canon, is upaaya (skillful means) ever joined together with
> vimangsa (analysis, discrimination) (the 4th base of power/
> success), because I have seen the 4th base translated as ingenuity
> which has echoes of skillful means, and i like this translation.
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Vima.msa, as road to power, is usually translated as investigation.
It is a form of pa~n~naa.
They are among the 37 factors leading to enlightenment, bodhipakkhiya
bdhamma.
Nina.



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