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**Eugen80** · 08-09-2012, 07:21 PM

Hi Element,

Thanks for replying. I don't see anything wrong with the differently translated suttas that can't be put down to an evolving English language. As for your 'rocks & solar systems' I think it means aggregates as your link actually suggests.

You are preaching to the unconvertible, I am busily accumulating merit for my next 'existence'.

You are right in that people will always have different interpretations as is seen within Theravada today. I was just wondering if anybody could envisage a 'fundamentalist Sutta/Vinaya' group ever sprouting up within Theravada or indeed has it already done so and they are just regarded as an oddity. A bit like the embarrassing relative who nobody likes to talk about but nobody has the nerve to tell them to bugger off.

Metta

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08-09-2012, 07:21 PM	#6
Eugen80 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 385 Senior Member	Hi Element, Thanks for replying. I don't see anything wrong with the differently translated suttas that can't be put down to an evolving English language. As for your 'rocks & solar systems' I think it means aggregates as your link actually suggests. You are preaching to the unconvertible, I am busily accumulating merit for my next 'existence'. You are right in that people will always have different interpretations as is seen within Theravada today. I was just wondering if anybody could envisage a 'fundamentalist Sutta/Vinaya' group ever sprouting up within Theravada or indeed has it already done so and they are just regarded as an oddity. A bit like the embarrassing relative who nobody likes to talk about but nobody has the nerve to tell them to bugger off. Metta Brizzy
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