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**Kennypor** · 07-23-2010, 12:41 PM

Tradditions should be just the raft, the mean to reach what Buddha taught and not the end of a practice by itself. Once we have reach what Buddha taught we can give away the whole tradition and the cultural additions that made it so particular.

That is very well said, Kaarine: in a manner analogous to the discarding of the Dhamma itself once the stream has been crossed, we discard the particular characteristics of any form of Buddhism once it has done its job of guiding us toward the Dhamma, assuming it does so.

I found the rest of your post very good to read, also.

07-23-2010, 12:41 PM	#10
Kennypor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Tradditions should be just the raft, the mean to reach what Buddha taught and not the end of a practice by itself. Once we have reach what Buddha taught we can give away the whole tradition and the cultural additions that made it so particular. That is very well said, Kaarine: in a manner analogous to the discarding of the Dhamma itself once the stream has been crossed, we discard the particular characteristics of any form of Buddhism once it has done its job of guiding us toward the Dhamma, assuming it does so. I found the rest of your post very good to read, also.
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