Thank you very much every one!

Kind regards,
tenphel

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:15 AM, larryrosenfeld <
larryrosenfeld@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi tenphel -
>
> Regarding the four mah� padesa, here's an English translation of what I
> believe is the pertinent Pali text in the Digha Nikaya:
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html#ref4 (DN
> 16.4.9ff, trans. Vajira & Story, from "ATI"). The related Pali can be found
> around here:
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sltp/DN_II_utf8.html#pts.124 [PTS:
> D ii.124].
>
> Here's the related Anguttara Nikaya text (AN 4.180; PTS A ii.167):
> http://bodhgayanews.net/tipitaka.php?title=&record=5965 ; an English
> translation (by Ayya Upalavanna, from "metta.lk") is here, as sutta 10:
> http://metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara2/4-catukkanipata/018-sacetaniyavaggo-e.html. Sutta Central info can be found here:
> http://www.suttacentral.net/disp_result.php?item=AN+4.180&field=acronym .
>
> Hope this might be of use. With metta,
> Larry
>
> --- 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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