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Old 10-30-2011, 04:28 AM   #9
Emalodoulouts

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The discord, schisms and separations in the religions that [someone] inquired about recently, occur precisely due to differing speculative views, myths and superstitions that have nothing whatsoever to do with the Buddha's teachings.
hi Stuka

my reading finds the Pali suttas show the Buddha taught dhamma to be interpreted as "rebirth" to certain audiences, without any expressed intent to teach or 'upgrade' them to supramundane (lokuttara) doctrines

i have seen no evidence in the Pali suttas that the Buddha acted with what appears to be your intent, which is to save all sentient beings via supramundane doctrines

the Pali suttas show the Buddha obviously considered mere morality to be the most suitable form of soteriology for certain audiences

the Pali suttas also show the Buddha taught a kind of 'Tantra', where faith & love in the Triple Gem served as objects of devotion

for example, if i am not mistaken, in some suttas, the Buddha taught laypeople when they die, they should reflect on the Triple Gem

MN 117, without ambiguity, states there are two kinds of right view

thus, Herr Stuka, your views may not actually accord with the Pali suttas

instead, your views may be: "the works of poets, elegant in sound, elegant in rhetoric, the work of outsiders, words of disciples"

with metta



Monks, in this Teaching that is so well proclaimed by me and is plain, open, explicit and free of patchwork, those who have simply faith in me, simply love for me, are all destined for heaven.

Alagaddupama Sutta: The Snake Simile
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