Thank you very much John.

Is there any clarification regarding those four appeals of authority in
order to protect the dhamma from acceptance of any view taught by an elder,
group or single speciliast in those areas mentioned, that might not be
consider not in agreement with the view and path of Buddha?

How it was filtered the teachings that those not being Buddha himself
proclaimed to be the Buddha's teaching?

Again, thank you very much.
tenphel

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:50 AM, palistudent <palistudent@...> wrote:

>
>
> Dear Tenphel,
>
> They occur in AN 4:179 (AN II 167) and DN 16 (DN II 72).
>
> With metta,
> John
>
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "ngawangtemphel"
> <lotsawanet@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Dhamma Friends,
> >
> > I was reading about what is called the "Four great appeals to authority"
> (caturmahapadesa), which defines and allows Buddhavacana to be teachings
> spoken by:
> >
> > *The Buddha himself
> > *A Sangha of Elders
> > *A group of specialists in either the suttas, vinaya or matrkas
> > * A single specialist in one of these three areas
> >
> > The author says that these "Four Appeals" appear in the Digha Nikaya and
> Anuttara Nikaya as part of the Buddha's final instructions.
> >
> > Is this information correct? If so, in which texts this statements by
> Buddha appear?
> >
> > Thank you very much for any clarification,
> > tenphel
> >
>
>
>


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