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**fhutiussk** · 01-22-2011, 01:23 AM

Hello

In reading up on the early Buddhist schools I found this explanation of the Sautrāntika school

The Sautrāntika were an early school of Buddhist philosophy, generally believed to be descended from the Sthaviravada by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvāstivādins. Their name means literally "those who rely upon the sutras", and indicated their rejection of the Abhidharma texts of other early Buddhist schools.[1] The Sarvāstivādins sometimes referred to them as the Dārṣṭāntika school, meaning "those who utilize the method of examples...

The Sautrāntika differed from their parent school, the Sarvāstivādins, on matters of ontology.[2] While the Sarvāstivādins abhidharma described a complex system in which past, present, and future phenomena are all held to have some form of their own existence, the Sautrāntika subscribed to a doctrine of "extreme momentariness" that held that only the present moment existed.[2] They seem to have regarded the Sarvāstivādin position as a violation of the basic Buddhist principle of impermanence (anicca).[2] The Sarvāstivādin abhidharma also broke down human experience in terms of a variety of underlying phenomena (a view similar to that held by the modern Theravada abhidhamma); the Sautrāntika believed that experience could not be differentiated in this manner
This seems very close to the Thai Forest Tradition's teaching

Also I see echoes of their non-reliance on the Abdhidhamma in the Thai Forest Tradition as well

I am aware that this is a wikipedia article, perhaps someone who is more knowledgeable in these matters could give a better reference

However from the information above, what are peoples thoughts on this? Similar schools or not?

01-22-2011, 01:23 AM	#1
fhutiussk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Thai Forest Tradition and the Sautrāntika school Hello In reading up on the early Buddhist schools I found this explanation of the Sautrāntika school The Sautrāntika were an early school of Buddhist philosophy, generally believed to be descended from the Sthaviravada by way of their immediate parent school, the Sarvāstivādins. Their name means literally "those who rely upon the sutras", and indicated their rejection of the Abhidharma texts of other early Buddhist schools.[1] The Sarvāstivādins sometimes referred to them as the Dārṣṭāntika school, meaning "those who utilize the method of examples... The Sautrāntika differed from their parent school, the Sarvāstivādins, on matters of ontology.[2] While the Sarvāstivādins abhidharma described a complex system in which past, present, and future phenomena are all held to have some form of their own existence, the Sautrāntika subscribed to a doctrine of "extreme momentariness" that held that only the present moment existed.[2] They seem to have regarded the Sarvāstivādin position as a violation of the basic Buddhist principle of impermanence (anicca).[2] The Sarvāstivādin abhidharma also broke down human experience in terms of a variety of underlying phenomena (a view similar to that held by the modern Theravada abhidhamma); the Sautrāntika believed that experience could not be differentiated in this manner This seems very close to the Thai Forest Tradition's teaching Also I see echoes of their non-reliance on the Abdhidhamma in the Thai Forest Tradition as well I am aware that this is a wikipedia article, perhaps someone who is more knowledgeable in these matters could give a better reference However from the information above, what are peoples thoughts on this? Similar schools or not?
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