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**anaisdannyxys** · 08-09-2012, 04:27 PM

Hi

I believe there has been a very noticable increase in monks who are prepared to wipe the slate clean and look more to the 'original' teachings of the Buddha, that is sutta/vinaya to be their guiding light rather than rely on later expositions. Obviously the internet has enlightened peoples awareness of the differing views held by monks and maybe these differences have been there since the early Buddhist councils.

With this in mind does anybody envisage that a Sutta/Vinaya subset of Theravada could come in to being as an 'organised institution'?

Would it be possible for an organised sub-group to exist within the Theravada tradition, a group who actually deny the authenticity of at least a third of the Tripitaka and possibly portions of the Khuddaka Nikaya all of which the Theravada tradition regard as authorative?

Metta

Brizzy

P.S. I am thinking of teachers like Bhante Dhammavuddho, Bhante Vimalaramsi, Thanissaro Bhikkhu and Bhante Punnaji.

08-09-2012, 04:27 PM	#1
anaisdannyxys Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Sutta/Vinaya Tradition? Hi I believe there has been a very noticable increase in monks who are prepared to wipe the slate clean and look more to the 'original' teachings of the Buddha, that is sutta/vinaya to be their guiding light rather than rely on later expositions. Obviously the internet has enlightened peoples awareness of the differing views held by monks and maybe these differences have been there since the early Buddhist councils. With this in mind does anybody envisage that a Sutta/Vinaya subset of Theravada could come in to being as an 'organised institution'? Would it be possible for an organised sub-group to exist within the Theravada tradition, a group who actually deny the authenticity of at least a third of the Tripitaka and possibly portions of the Khuddaka Nikaya all of which the Theravada tradition regard as authorative? Metta Brizzy P.S. I am thinking of teachers like Bhante Dhammavuddho, Bhante Vimalaramsi, Thanissaro Bhikkhu and Bhante Punnaji.
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