tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post4328039025601300629..comments2023-10-27T08:09:37.525-04:00Comments on Bhikkhu's Blog: Sutta and AbhidhammaAjahn Punnadhammohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-4670743331391806082007-03-20T03:16:00.000-04:002007-03-20T03:16:00.000-04:00As for Buddhism being a religion, this aspect of i...As for Buddhism being a religion, this aspect of it came much later, as originally it was the science of the day; metaphysics at its highest point. However, this science is abstract indeed, and rather than attempt the impossible by trying to explain it all The Buddha focused on the approach and method so that people could come to see for themselves. The Pali canon(s) represent an accurate accountAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-16909149285202746202007-03-19T18:54:00.000-04:002007-03-19T18:54:00.000-04:00Hey R.K.,You are really an angry man! just breath ...Hey R.K.,<BR/><BR/>You are really an angry man! just breath a little bit ...<BR/><BR/>What is it with your obsession for Bronkhorst? As far as know (unless my search function failed me), the commenter never brough that name her/himself. It looks like you are trying some kind of straw man argumentation here!? I won't try to respond to the content of your last post because I am not clever enough toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-69365567823194449062007-03-19T16:21:00.000-04:002007-03-19T16:21:00.000-04:00You-who are you by the way? I dont see initials,ha...You-who are you by the way? I dont see initials,handles etc. I will therefore refer to you as buddy-are absolutely correct buddy, this writer has many problems.<BR/>One of which is seeing the demarcation between scholars, religion & tradition.<BR/>The Oxford concise tells me that<BR/>Religion,is "a particular system of faith & worship."<BR/>Tradition, is "opinion or belief or customs handed down"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-68543511870169819802007-03-19T14:34:00.000-04:002007-03-19T14:34:00.000-04:00wowwowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-19214161474526063212007-03-19T12:56:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:56:00.000-04:00R.K. you have problems ...The points you have unfo...R.K. you have problems ...<BR/>The points you have unfocusly tried to make are well understood by the commenter ... At least, that is my reading. A "Scholarly" approach does not exclude that of a living tradition and religion. Actually, they complete each other. Unless, you root for ignorance ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-29512177789669141892007-03-19T12:30:00.000-04:002007-03-19T12:30:00.000-04:00The road to LarissaIn a highly charged ad hominem ...The road to Larissa<BR/>In a highly charged ad hominem against Bhante, anonymous (above) declares, explicitly that the Suttas are at least contradictory & implicitely, by extension, false.<BR/>Now this writer has nothing against ad hominems, & often finds them rather fun. But when they are heavy handed & soooo earnest they tend to lose their clout.<BR/><BR/>My estimation of his argument is that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-50889430812835488812007-03-19T11:43:00.000-04:002007-03-19T11:43:00.000-04:00Dear bhikku,As I was reading your post, my "spider...Dear bhikku,<BR/><BR/>As I was reading your post, my "spider-sense" that normally detects self-deception into someone else went from gentle tickling to intense sensation :)<BR/><BR/>Combining observations from a honest investigation of human nature, a broad knowledge of human history and simply common sense can only undermine, without even going into the specifics, many of the claims made in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-33603080335771426802007-03-19T01:16:00.000-04:002007-03-19T01:16:00.000-04:00Just great: not only ignorant comments from a man ...Just great: not only ignorant comments from a man in the robes, but ignorant comments backed up by gross generalizations that appeal to "scholarship" without providing a single example, nor an almighty footnote:<BR/><BR/><I>On the other hand, scholarship reveals the sutta pitaka of the pali canon as pretty reliable as far as we can ascertain.</I><BR/><BR/>What are you talking about, Bhante? "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-21746335024990965992007-03-18T06:07:00.000-04:002007-03-18T06:07:00.000-04:00Yo Bhante (and whoah Bhante), you say that The Bud...Yo Bhante (and whoah Bhante), you say that The Buddha was the only fully human person in the last two and a half millennia. What about Arahants? Arahants are basically the same as The Buddha, except for the title (due to him being the first to unravel the mysteries of existence). I am aware that certain attributes are said to apply only to The Buddha, but there is no proof of such claims, and I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-47641708216130532022007-03-17T22:28:00.000-04:002007-03-17T22:28:00.000-04:00Not my place Bhante but surely you recall,"svakkha...Not my place Bhante but surely you recall,<BR/><BR/>"svakkhato bhagavata Dhammo,Sanditthiko, Akaliko, ehipassiko, Opanayiko, paccatthamn veditabbo vinnuni ti"<BR/><BR/>Regards <BR/>R.KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com