Insofar as theravada conflicts with early buddhism by positing abhidhammika realism, diversity/multiplicity of phenomena, elementary particles etc.

It doesn't conflict with early buddhism in any way at all

Not fully.

the form aggregate dies. the body breaks up.

it means preparations

i knew this was gonna happen

retrofuturist wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 7:49 am Greetings Dylan,

Nice sutta extracts, but... is there a topic here, or is it just a "resource" topic on View Clinging?

Metta,
Paul.

the topic is view-clinging

Na h'eva saccāni bahūni nānā, aññatra saññāya niccāni loke, takkañ ca diṭṭhīusu pakappayitvā, 'saccaṁ musā'ti dvayadhammam āhu "There are no several and various truths,That are permanent in the world, apart from perception, It is by manipulating logic in speculative views, That they speak of t...

no

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it's actually more frequent than 4 days a month

no, lol

The Buddha is more qualified than scientists. In what way is Buddha more qualified than scientists? Please elaborate. If Buddha were alive he wouldn't like to be over praise. He would be pleased with being just scientific I guess. Wouldn't you think so? The Buddha eliminate ignorance & all the ...

The Buddha is more qualified than scientists.

Someone from discourse.suttacentral had this on the matter of the special observances in the āgama version

I found this in the Vinaya. Now at that time monks, thinking: “The recital of the Pātimokkha on an Observance day is allowed by the Lord,” recited the Pātimokkha three times during the half-month—on the fourteenth, on the fifteenth and on the eighth (days) of the half-month. They told this matter to...

I hope Ven Dhammanando or somebody of bhikkhus will give a more qualified answer, but for the time being, I will post what I found: I think there are offenses for asking for particular items from non-relative or without being invited (like robe material, special food, etc). But in general asking fo...