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**frequensearules** · 08-13-2011, 07:30 AM

I agree. Suttas are for practice, discussing and studying them however should occur. Are needed for deep comprehension and reflection. Not just as an intellectual exercise but much more in a contemplative way. Letting the sutta do its proper job within us.

Hope I am being clear enough here...

Yes, whilst it takes scholars, translators and much experience to now be able to understand the Suttas in detail today, as FBM was saying at the time the language chosen was colloquial, Pali rather than Sanskrit and used expressions which meanings may be lost to us today without the help of scholars.

08-13-2011, 07:30 AM	#29
frequensearules Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	I agree. Suttas are for practice, discussing and studying them however should occur. Are needed for deep comprehension and reflection. Not just as an intellectual exercise but much more in a contemplative way. Letting the sutta do its proper job within us. Hope I am being clear enough here... Yes, whilst it takes scholars, translators and much experience to now be able to understand the Suttas in detail today, as FBM was saying at the time the language chosen was colloquial, Pali rather than Sanskrit and used expressions which meanings may be lost to us today without the help of scholars.
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