Let the games began!cappuccino wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:23 pmWhy can't you accept the choice of words?a poor choice of words or a bad translation.
You need faith to accept.
I wasn't painstakingly clear and I meant no offense. Actually besides that one sentence the rest of my post was written in the spirit of support. I only meant if you find yourself confused about those particular words because of the reasons Dhammanando pointed out that there are other ways of expression, even within that tradition, that are similar and possibly fit better with other teachings of the Buddha. I fully accept that people have different ideas, some people like to eat pizza with tomato ketchup, but trying to clarify a meaning especially on a forum designed for that reason doesn't really equate to non-acceptance. I suppose instead of using the words I did I could have said this. It appears I had my own poor choice of words. Why couldn't you accept them?