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**Jueqelyl** · 01-04-2011, 05:16 PM

I wonder if anyone here can help with a sutta reference.

Oft, when trawling through theist sites of one kind or another, I encounter this sutta, which (they claim) demonstrates Buddha was actually a theist .

In particular, this chunk:

"the Tathagata knows the straight path
that leads to a union with Brahma.
He knows it as one who has entered the world of Brahma and has been born in it.
There can be no doubt in the Tathagata." http://reluctant-messenger.com/gospe...chapter_49.htm

A lousy translation? Taken out of context?

Just wondering if anyone knows where it's from and could point me towards a proper translation.

namste
Kris

01-04-2011, 05:16 PM	#1
Jueqelyl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 502 Senior Member	The supreme Brahman? A sutta question? I wonder if anyone here can help with a sutta reference. Oft, when trawling through theist sites of one kind or another, I encounter this sutta, which (they claim) demonstrates Buddha was actually a theist . In particular, this chunk: "the Tathagata knows the straight path that leads to a union with Brahma. He knows it as one who has entered the world of Brahma and has been born in it. There can be no doubt in the Tathagata." http://reluctant-messenger.com/gospe...chapter_49.htm A lousy translation? Taken out of context? Just wondering if anyone knows where it's from and could point me towards a proper translation. namste Kris
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