Re: Omission in the Visuddhimagga Pali?

Dear Ven. Nyanatusita (and Lance),

After giving your question some thought, I have to admit that the
incomplete phrase at the end of I.60 is problematic. I don't agree with
Lance's solution of placing the phrase at the beginning of the next
paragraph but unfortunately I don't yet know how best to resolve the
problem. It appears that para. 60 is just one sentence albeit a complex one.
One observation is that there is a long relative clause beginning with
"yaani taani" and ending with "cha sikkhaapadaani" and would seem to
require a main clause to complete the sentence. Perhaps this is the role of
the concluding "imesa.m channa.m sikkhaapadaana.m". Para.s 42 and 84
offer some help. It is possible that the commentator intentionally left the
concluding part incomplete.

It should be noted that the list of six items are worded as offences and not
training precepts as the translation would have us believe.

Best wishes,
Jim