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**slowlexrese** · 05-23-2011, 10:17 AM

Yeah, but it is also a rather arbitrary and modern designation. Back in the day it was pretty much just "the Dhamma" or "this Dhamma" (distinguishing the Buddha's own)...

I'm not following the "arbitrary" part. It's what was written in Pali, the first language the suttas were written in. As such, it is easily distinguishable from what was written in Sanskrit or other languages. Seems like a reasonable way to classify them, especially as many of the sutras written later contain elements alien to the Pali and even contradictory of it.

05-23-2011, 10:17 AM	#26
slowlexrese Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	Yeah, but it is also a rather arbitrary and modern designation. Back in the day it was pretty much just "the Dhamma" or "this Dhamma" (distinguishing the Buddha's own)... I'm not following the "arbitrary" part. It's what was written in Pali, the first language the suttas were written in. As such, it is easily distinguishable from what was written in Sanskrit or other languages. Seems like a reasonable way to classify them, especially as many of the sutras written later contain elements alien to the Pali and even contradictory of it.
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