Re: Kc intro. verse 2

From: nina van gorkom
Message: 686
Date: 2003-07-04

Dear Jim,
thank you for your well-considered reply.

op 04-07-2003 03:40 schreef Jim Anderson op jimanderson_on@...:
> I did consider 'the highest good' (summum bonum) and it still looks
> good. One problem is how do we define 'the wise ones' (budhaa). To say
> that the wise ones obtain the highest goal or good, then we would have
> to take them to be obtaining arahantship. I'm also thinking of the
> ones on the lower paths (sotaapanna, etc.) maybe even lower than that
N:I agree. It could mean savaka budha, or it could mean those susceptible to
instruction.
Nina.






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