Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo,
Thanks for the additional quotes. I have a high regard for the
Visuddhimagga, as I do for all the other well-accepted Pali texts in the
Theravada tradition. Some day I hope to do a careful study of the Saccakathā
section in the Vism.
I'll get back to you on your quotes after I've done my own homework and that
may take a while. :)
Best wishes,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu" <yuttadhammo@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] update
Dear Jim,
Glad to be of help... since I teach probably similar meditation to Ven U
Thitzana, this sort of subject is one on which I've done my homework :)
Most of what the Mahasi Sayadaw taught is based on the Visuddhimagga's
interpretation of the tipitaka; if you don't agree with the latter, you
probably won't agree with much of the former.
Besides the explanation of the difference in the predominance of the
dhatus, I forgot to add one more piece of explantion from the Vism, that
is found in the maggāmaggañāṇadassanavisuddhiniddeso,
rūpasattakasammasanakathā:
[...]