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**Yyaqyped** · 11-23-2011, 02:54 AM

Hi Deshy, It seems possible and accurate to me to sum up one aspect of what the question and OP is about in the way you have above - whether later texts are credible. My comment was not in deference or in relation to yours, as I recall.
I am getting more and pragmatic as I get older and it is all about practice to me - ending suffering and thus I tend to focus on the putting into practice aspect.
In saying this I am not saying that others do not also focus on application or that one interpretation, one way and one culture is better than an other - I really do not see the need to believe all can not exist equally.

11-23-2011, 02:54 AM	#18
Yyaqyped Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Hi Deshy, It seems possible and accurate to me to sum up one aspect of what the question and OP is about in the way you have above - whether later texts are credible. My comment was not in deference or in relation to yours, as I recall. I am getting more and pragmatic as I get older and it is all about practice to me - ending suffering and thus I tend to focus on the putting into practice aspect. In saying this I am not saying that others do not also focus on application or that one interpretation, one way and one culture is better than an other - I really do not see the need to believe all can not exist equally.
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