[Daleman1984]

From Bhante Punajji speech, I have found this quotes usefull so to comment them:

8'26'': "... and every person has to discover this." (about the real teaching of the Buddha).

8'41'': "...you can not just take it from another person." (talking about the experience from the teachings).

8'56'': "...according to your own level of maturity in your thinking you will be able to understand the teaching of the Buddha."

This three quotes make me ask this question:

How much it is needed an interpretation of the teachings from a given tradition?

I have ever been a little bit reluctant to have confidence at interpretations. An interpretation is very inspiring and seems to make things and understandings easier but in my personal experience, any time I have follow an interpretation, from the tradition I chose or from other traditions, I have always get in trouble. That has never worked well. I get frustrated following interpretations. For example, this happend with Thich interpretations and his given recipes and other interpretations like the ones given by the Dalai Lama, etc.

Being here, I stared to look into the original teachings of the historical Buddha and I found my self alone with my own skills, maturing, by experience, the teaching I am working with. I have found this much more real and fulfilling but even more difficult that just being inspired by a given interpretation. I think we just full ourselves when we are following blindly an interpretation. In my experience that has lead me to nowhere.

Just some reflections...