Greetings Mike,
Maybe so... but it's a sad state of affairs when you can't defend the Buddhaword of the suttas, simply because the Visuddhimagga enthusiasts might get in a huff about it.
Metta,
Retro.
Trouble settling...
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"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."
Re: Trouble settling...
Hey Retro! I started a thread about these sorts of issues - http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1425" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - and I would love to hear if you have more thoughts on this Even if it's just to draw upon what you've said here I'd love to hear it. I note later in this thread you mentioned:retrofuturist wrote:I didn't like the subservience the above quotation showed with respect to the Visudhimagga classification of anapanasati as samatha only, despite the fact that the last two thirds or more of...
MN 118: Anapanasati Sutta
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... are clearly about vipassana.
Which is exactly the sort of thing I was asking about So clearly you feel that there are complications created by the commentarial treatment of anapanasati, care to share more?Maybe so... but it's a sad state of affairs when you can't defend the Buddhaword of the suttas, simply because the Visuddhimagga enthusiasts might get in a huff about it.
MMK23