Re: Kāmañcettha pahānavinayena vinayo na sambhavati

Dear Lance,

Your rendering is better than "figuratively," which is just a makeshift
that I made use of.

With metta,
Bhikkhu Bodhi

On 7/26/2013 2:16 AM, L.S. Cousins wrote:
>
> Dear Ven. Bodhi and Petra,
>
> I also had some reservations about rendering pariyāyena as
> 'figuratively'. I tend to understand it in most contexts as '(way of)
> exposition' i.e. it represents a particular way of explaining dhamma on
> a particular occasion for a particular reason. This tends to arise in
> the abhidhamma context especially where nippariyāya- refers to
> abhidhamma teaching.
>
> Of course, 'figuratively' does give a rather straightforward rendering
> in clear English that is sometimes appropriate, but it may introduce an
> implication that something is not literally true. I don't think that is
> intended.
>
> Lance Cousins
>
>


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