[JonnTEN]

Hi Still In Motion

Will it be better if I just say that I’m a native Thai and still not good at English writing?
Anyway, I honestly believe in what I posted and you honestly don’t believe in it. That’s it. Why do we have to look for any reason? Besides, this is a subforum, “Beyond belief” isn’t it?
Maybe you think I believe in Hinayana tradition. No, I’m not even a Buddhist now.
I told our friends here once that my Buddhist knowledge is rusty (I haven’t read any Thai Buddhist books for almost 30 years) so it’s hard for me to share some sources on this topic. I mean I might show you many “Thai” quotes but it’s not useful here, right? Still, I can recall about Theravada (or “Hinayana”) and Acariyavada (or “Mahayana”) Buddhism. I’ve just came across the following link while writing this post and think maybe it’s helpful. (But again, don’t believe me or what it is said in this link because I’m not Buddhist. :-)

http://www.watdallas.org/modules.php...article&sid=18

Still In Motion wrote: I'm also not quite sure what you mean when you say, "I believe it's evitable that the Buddhist teachings have been inaccurate" after being translated. Did you mean to say "inevitable" or "probable"? To say that it is "evitable" that they have been inaccurate seems to contradict your previous statement. Thanks for the clarification. -Hmm…maybe I used the wrong word. However, it suffices to say that (my work has something do to with translation for almost 30 years) it’s “rather” "inevitable." For example I have six versions (English) of Don Quixote and found that there are many differences among them, too much different! If that happens with fictional book, so not to mention about spiritual books that are hard to read (or you can try comparing many versions of the Bible.) :-)
I believe that this post won't do any help for me but I still honestly post it because you asked for some clarification