Greetings Mike,
mikenz66 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:25 pm
Of course there is Paul's triumphalist post above if anyone is feeling nostalgic...
More to the point, there's Mike engaging in bad faith, trying to scupper a topic that doesn't take his fancy.
What I said was not remotely "triumphalist" and that sort of partisan misrepresentation serves only to muddy the waters. Rather,
what I said was a fair and accurate summation of Nanavira's own words...
Nanavira Thera, in the Preface to Notes wrote:These books of the Pali Canon correctly represent the Buddha's Teaching, and can be regarded as trustworthy throughout. (Vinayapitaka:) Suttavibhanga, Mahāvagga, Cūlavagga; (Suttapitaka:) Dīghanikāya, Majjhimanikāya, Samyuttanikāya, Anguttaranikāya, Suttanipāta, Dhammapada, Udāna, Itivuttaka, Theratherīgāthā. (The Jātaka verses may be authentic, but they do not come within the scope of these Notes.) No other Pali books whatsoever should be taken as authoritative; and ignorance of them (and particularly of the traditional Commentaries) may be counted a positive advantage, as leaving less to be unlearned.
(source)
Thank you though for the excellent reminder of the tag-team interruptions you and your old mate Tiltbillings used to pull in order to obfuscate and derail topics that weren't amenable to your Burmese understanding of the Dhamma. Fair to say, we are much better off now without those inane interruptions.
All the best.
Metta,
Paul.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."