Well, that's the crux of the issue for some of us and for Nanavira Thera, see Notes on Dhamma if you wish a full exegesis on that score
Pete Tomlinson
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From: Kumara Bhikkhu <
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] Translating by the views of Theravadin commentaries
Nina van Gorkom wrote thus at 18:37 10/01/2012:
>The main thing is understanding the
>characteristics of those realities. The commentaries use similes to
>explain their subtle differences and I think that these are helpful.
What if the commentaries got it wrong?
kb
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