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**arindiruppya** · 08-30-2011, 10:31 PM

As far as I can tell, most of the posts I accidentally deleted were mine. They were pretty long and included a lot of stuff that I really don't want to try to reproduce in full. I'll try to condense my main points.

Yes... unfortunately one of them was a post I brought here about the importance that Bhikkhu Bodhi gives to the fact that a careful examination of suttas can lead us to consider that the posibility of becoming an Arahat with out the Jhana absorptions is there, mostly for monks (or lay) that have that special temper of understanding directly through "hearing" the Dhamma.

I will post it again just to give some material for its consideration and the consideration for those with experience in Sutta contemplation.

08-30-2011, 10:31 PM	#36
arindiruppya Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 576 Senior Member	As far as I can tell, most of the posts I accidentally deleted were mine. They were pretty long and included a lot of stuff that I really don't want to try to reproduce in full. I'll try to condense my main points. Yes... unfortunately one of them was a post I brought here about the importance that Bhikkhu Bodhi gives to the fact that a careful examination of suttas can lead us to consider that the posibility of becoming an Arahat with out the Jhana absorptions is there, mostly for monks (or lay) that have that special temper of understanding directly through "hearing" the Dhamma. I will post it again just to give some material for its consideration and the consideration for those with experience in Sutta contemplation.
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