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**JANALA** · 04-08-2012, 08:42 PM

I briefly mentioned this essay by the historian and Pali scholar Professor Richard Gombrich (who is not a Buddhist himself) in a topic about 'Pure Abodes' we had in our Beyond Belief forum about a year and a half ago, but there was no actual discussion about it.

I thought that our members who are familiar with the Pali Canon suttas and can give references from them, might possibly like to discuss the essay here in our Theravada forum and give their opinion.

"Kindness and Compassion as a means to Nirvana in Early Buddhism"

http://www.ocbs.org/images/documents/gonda.pdf

Note

This topic is unsuitable for beginners to Buddhism.

Thanks

04-08-2012, 08:42 PM	#1
JANALA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Kindness and compassion as a means to Nirvana in early Buddhism I briefly mentioned this essay by the historian and Pali scholar Professor Richard Gombrich (who is not a Buddhist himself) in a topic about 'Pure Abodes' we had in our Beyond Belief forum about a year and a half ago, but there was no actual discussion about it. I thought that our members who are familiar with the Pali Canon suttas and can give references from them, might possibly like to discuss the essay here in our Theravada forum and give their opinion. "Kindness and Compassion as a means to Nirvana in Early Buddhism" http://www.ocbs.org/images/documents/gonda.pdf Note This topic is unsuitable for beginners to Buddhism. Thanks
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