Translated from the Pali

By Thera, Soma

Book Id: WPLBN0000700083
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Translated from the Pali
Author:	Thera, Soma
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Thus since all phenomena have to be correctly understood in the field of Dhamma, insight is operative throughout. In this sutta it is active in rejecting the bad and adopting the good way; in the extracts given below in clarifying the basis of knowledge of conditionality and arhatship. Here it may be mentioned that the methods of examination in the Kalama Sutta and in the extracts cited here, have sprung from the knowledge of things as they are and that the tenor of these methods are implied in all straight thinking. Further, as penetration and comprehension, the constituents of wisdom are the result of such thinking, the place of critical examination and analysis in the development of right vision is obvious. Where is the wisdom or vision that can descend, all of a sudden, untouched and uninfluenced by a critical thought?

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Preface -- Supplementary Texts -- The Instruction to the Kalamas -- Essay: A look at the Kalama Sutta (Bhikkhu Bodhi) -- Changes Made During Transcription -- About the BPS -- Distribution Agreement