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**giDdfezP** · 08-12-2011, 10:07 PM

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.

Yeah, you never say what you said. I get it.

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. You are really hung up on this dogmatic mahayana antiintellectual-ism thing. Books are evil! Burn the books! The Buddha placed a great deal of emphasis on hearing the Dhamma correctly, learning it correctly, discussing it, and not misapprehending it.

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, Nonsense. If you don't know what it is that you are practising and why, you are just spinning your wheels. More mahavajra dogmatism.

and the skillful teachers I have found in Buddhism have been committed practitioners also. That doesn't really mean anything. What "teachers" have you found who were not "committed practitioners?

But I note that you said "ALSO" this time, instead of "RATHER THAN". Still the same baseless dogmatic assertion. But again, you never say what you said.

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giDdfezP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	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. Yeah, you never say what you said. I get it. 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. You are really hung up on this dogmatic mahayana antiintellectual-ism thing. Books are evil! Burn the books! The Buddha placed a great deal of emphasis on hearing the Dhamma correctly, learning it correctly, discussing it, and not misapprehending it. 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, Nonsense. If you don't know what it is that you are practising and why, you are just spinning your wheels. More mahavajra dogmatism. and the skillful teachers I have found in Buddhism have been committed practitioners also. That doesn't really mean anything. What "teachers" have you found who were not "committed practitioners? But I note that you said "ALSO" this time, instead of "RATHER THAN". Still the same baseless dogmatic assertion. But again, you never say what you said.
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