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**ToifvT5S** · 04-28-2012, 05:36 PM

No I don't, because I've only got the book of B.Bodhi's MN sutta translations and an AN anthology. Other than that I just browse suttas sites occasionally for any others - no time for much extra reading at the moment.

Nonetheless, there are so many other suttas where the Buddha explains the benefits of a developed mind, inclined towards virture, relinquishment and discernment, to be experienced in this life. Therefore, it is my best judgement that he does not make an exception here. To say that he suggests the mind's separation from the body is not in line with his teachings as a whole and based on a possible misinterpretation of pali.

04-28-2012, 05:36 PM	#15
ToifvT5S Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	No I don't, because I've only got the book of B.Bodhi's MN sutta translations and an AN anthology. Other than that I just browse suttas sites occasionally for any others - no time for much extra reading at the moment. Nonetheless, there are so many other suttas where the Buddha explains the benefits of a developed mind, inclined towards virture, relinquishment and discernment, to be experienced in this life. Therefore, it is my best judgement that he does not make an exception here. To say that he suggests the mind's separation from the body is not in line with his teachings as a whole and based on a possible misinterpretation of pali.
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