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**GillTeepbew** · 05-21-2012, 11:24 PM

I sort of am taking an objective approach to it - an aloofness from becoming too involved with identifying with the different schools I am looking into.

I like the idea of getting to the original teachings of the Buddha meanwhile looking at different opinions that evolved over time.

Ok sounds fine. I don't think I particularly follow a certain school either. I just read the sutta pitaka and think that most of what I need to know is fortunately still there.

However, when I first started reading the nikayas, I found some suttas a bit abstruse and condensed so reading something written in more detail by a modern-day teacher can spread some light into what some suttas actually say in certain contexts. For this cross referencing, I usually go to teachers of a particular school.

05-21-2012, 11:24 PM	#10
GillTeepbew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	I sort of am taking an objective approach to it - an aloofness from becoming too involved with identifying with the different schools I am looking into. I like the idea of getting to the original teachings of the Buddha meanwhile looking at different opinions that evolved over time. Ok sounds fine. I don't think I particularly follow a certain school either. I just read the sutta pitaka and think that most of what I need to know is fortunately still there. However, when I first started reading the nikayas, I found some suttas a bit abstruse and condensed so reading something written in more detail by a modern-day teacher can spread some light into what some suttas actually say in certain contexts. For this cross referencing, I usually go to teachers of a particular school.
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