SV: Washing away merit & Cittalapabbata references

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af nyanatusita
Sendt: 9. oktober 2005 16:11
Til: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Emne: Re: SV: [palistudy] Washing away merit & Cittalapabbata references

Dear Ole,

I just talked to Professor Venerable Dhammavihari and he said that people
put all sort of interesting things in the Buddha's mouth.
However, he knew about the flying arahants at Cittalapabbata and said that
they are even mentioned in the Sri Lanka national anthem! He could not give
the source though. I strongly suspect that it is from the Mahava.msa.tiikaa
because it is said in the Mahava.msa that there were 12000 arahants at
Cittalapabbata and the commentator would probably have seen the need to
elaborate on it, as commentators usually do with these kinds of things. It
could also be from the Rasavaahini or some other late medieaval Sinhalese
work. It is not found on the CSCD. I checked all references to
Cittalapabbata on it.
Best wishes,
Bh. Nyanatusita

Dear Bh. Nyanatusitia,

I think that Venerable Dhammavihari is absolutely right. Often such claims
are based upon elaborations on canonical text. The reference to Majjhima I
39 that I proposed yesterday might be a possible candidate for such
elaborations. It is very close to the scenario that your quotation
presupposes. As for the flying arahants, which is hilarious, I shall look
very carefully into my ed. of the Mvh tiikaa. Hopefully, I shall dig out
something interesting. If not I will look into Rasavahini or
Sihalavatthuppakarana.

Best wishes,

Ole

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