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**insoneeri** · 05-12-2011, 02:07 PM

You're welcome KA. I too am new at Pali and love making Pali Dhamma discoveries. I'm getting ready to read the Bhikkhu Bhodi book (and try to listen to his lectures on it). My introduction to the Pali Dhamma was through The Wings to Awakening & other works by Ajaan Geoff (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) along with his corresponding dhamma talks.

What do you, or anyone, think of this Aj. Sumedho quote? "We are not trying to confirm somebody's view about the Pali Canon, but using the Pali Canon to explore our own experience.... Someone might say, 'Maybe there was never any Buddha; maybe it was just a myth.' But it doesn't matter, because we don't need to prove that Gotama Buddha actually lived; that's not the issue, is it? We are not trying to prove historical facts, but to recognize that what we are actually experiencing now is like this" (Intuitive Awareness, pp. 136, 140).

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05-12-2011, 02:07 PM	#32
insoneeri Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	You're welcome KA. I too am new at Pali and love making Pali Dhamma discoveries. I'm getting ready to read the Bhikkhu Bhodi book (and try to listen to his lectures on it). My introduction to the Pali Dhamma was through The Wings to Awakening & other works by Ajaan Geoff (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) along with his corresponding dhamma talks. What do you, or anyone, think of this Aj. Sumedho quote? "We are not trying to confirm somebody's view about the Pali Canon, but using the Pali Canon to explore our own experience.... Someone might say, 'Maybe there was never any Buddha; maybe it was just a myth.' But it doesn't matter, because we don't need to prove that Gotama Buddha actually lived; that's not the issue, is it? We are not trying to prove historical facts, but to recognize that what we are actually experiencing now is like this" (Intuitive Awareness, pp. 136, 140). bg
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