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**freediscountplanrrxip** · 08-12-2011, 04:38 PM

The words of the teachings were passed down and memorized by rote by folks who had vested interest in getting them right and nothing else to do. This isn't the game of chinese whispers you would like to make it out to be.

Not sure how you come to the conclusion that I am making out a Pali canon sutta to be the result of chinese whispers from what I have said.
Indeed it would have taken commitment and dedication to ensure the teaching was recorded in a way that could be transmitted meaningfully and accurately to people in a way which is understood and able to be put into action, rather than needing to be studied and anaylsed like a scholar.
The type of study and discussion needed can be done by most people - educated or not.
Theoretical knowledge of the Pali canon is only good if you want to teach others, and the skillful teachers I have found in Buddhism have been committed practitioners also.

08-12-2011, 04:38 PM	#17
freediscountplanrrxip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	The words of the teachings were passed down and memorized by rote by folks who had vested interest in getting them right and nothing else to do. This isn't the game of chinese whispers you would like to make it out to be. Not sure how you come to the conclusion that I am making out a Pali canon sutta to be the result of chinese whispers from what I have said. Indeed it would have taken commitment and dedication to ensure the teaching was recorded in a way that could be transmitted meaningfully and accurately to people in a way which is understood and able to be put into action, rather than needing to be studied and anaylsed like a scholar. The type of study and discussion needed can be done by most people - educated or not. Theoretical knowledge of the Pali canon is only good if you want to teach others, and the skillful teachers I have found in Buddhism have been committed practitioners also.
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