Dear Tharpa,
Op 12-mrt-2011, om 20:53 heeft tharpachozang het volgende geschreven:

> I don't have much respect for the Commentaries at all. Not that
> there's not some dhamma in them, but overall, they're not a whole
> lot better than popular Buddhist books.

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N: That is all right. I know that there are different opinions about
the value of the ancient commentaries.
One can study the Buddhist councils, and different historical
arguments concerning their authenticity, but for me personally, I
like to read the texts themselves. A sutta and then the explanation
of the commentary, and also the Abhidhamma books and their
commentaries, and I often find that I would miss some essential
points without them. But best is to find out for oneself whether the
commentaries are valuable or not. Do they help for our daily life, do
they help to know ourselves better?
We are all different, born with different accumulated inclinations.
The great commentator Buddhaghosa spoke about citta as being vicitta,
varied. The cittas of people are so varied. Because of accumulated
kamma and defilements. When one thinks about this it is really amazing.
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Nina.



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