Have you read them??BlackBird wrote:Respectfully friend, I think that is a matter of opinionBuddha's Dancer wrote: and are every bit as precious and virtuous as their better-known canonical brethren.
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Jack
Also, simply the fact of something being a matter of opinion does not make the opinion wrong.
To establish the truth or otherwise of a statement or thesis you need to use logic. The use of logic is well established in the Buddhist tradition and you may have recourse to it to establish correctness or otherwise in any case.
However, merely saying that some claim is mere opinion and hoping to thereby establish a connotation of incorrectness, is not sound logic according to Buddhist traditions of logic.
Generally, logical correctness is established on the bases of direct valid perception, valid inference, and valid believable scriptures.
I mention this because it is important to keep these things in mind when stating opionions and attempting to refute same. Otherwise it merely becomes one person's opinion against another's and nothing is proved. However, by employing logic, one can arrive the truth of the matter.
In my opinion.
And to the other man, they are in accord with the Dhamma vinaya.
They are written by the great Theras, masters of the Pali and Sinhalese tradition - how could they disagree with the Tathagata??
But if you dont pay them any attention, it is your decision. Many people dont pay lovely lotus flowers any attention - but it is not the flowers' fault!
Or, if there is a passage or passages you found are at variance with the Dhammavinaya, please let me know, I havent found any of those passages yet - only verses of uplift (udanas) which are on par with the pitaka itself!
So, I recommend these works! Especially Dathavamsa, History of the Tooth Relic - it is quite delightful!