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by flaneur9
Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:29 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: The great Abhidhamma Pitaka authenticity debate
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Ajahn Buddhadasa on Abhidhamma

would someone care to comment on buddhadasa's opinion of the abhidhama? In a famous lecture in 1971 Buddhadasa condemned contemporary Abhidhamma studies in Thailand for overemphasizing the sacred and supernatural, for packaging themselves as “consumer goods”, and for leading their supporters into “d...