Commentaries and also sub commentaries. I was watching Maggavihari Thera’s youtube lessons and he seems to always explain something from 2-3 views, based on the commentary, sub-commentary and Abhidhamma. And he says they contradict each other, especially in the video lesson about ear-sensitivity. If they do contradict, I am confused on which one I should believe in.
could you give the link
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Buddhaghosa in his commentaries referred to other commentaries that had variations to them. He had a method. He was translating them back from sinhalese to pali. His method would report the variations amongst schools and his preference. It was rare for Buddhaghosa to express an opinion. I like his method. Sub commentaries then try to explain the commentaries or include stuff missed in the commentary. The method is that Pali texts have precedence over commentaries which have precedence over sub commentaries. So this is the weighting given to each level of texts, commentary and sub commentaries
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