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**66paptroump** · 11-01-2011, 10:54 PM

I did mention that it's just a metaphor, didn't I?

Sure.

And that a stream is no more an entity than a person? What I found difficult why the idea of a stream when, as far as my understanding goes, I haven't noticed it suggested in the Nikayas.

11-01-2011, 10:54 PM	#19
66paptroump Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	I did mention that it's just a metaphor, didn't I? Sure. And that a stream is no more an entity than a person? What I found difficult why the idea of a stream when, as far as my understanding goes, I haven't noticed it suggested in the Nikayas.
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