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**Tilmbeinymn** · 11-21-2011, 10:04 PM

How do you know for sure only arahants added in all the later additions to Buddhism?

Personally, I prefer to follow translations of the pali suttas carefully and take everything else with a grain of salt. We still have the Pali literature as the earliest available teachings of the Buddha. Although a few suttas have dodgy places which seem like additions/alterations, overall they seem fine and verifiable imo.

11-21-2011, 10:04 PM	#4
Tilmbeinymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	How do you know for sure only arahants added in all the later additions to Buddhism? Personally, I prefer to follow translations of the pali suttas carefully and take everything else with a grain of salt. We still have the Pali literature as the earliest available teachings of the Buddha. Although a few suttas have dodgy places which seem like additions/alterations, overall they seem fine and verifiable imo.
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