RobertK
September 16, 2026, 2:16am
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Moriah:
the people who were enlightened in the Buddha’s time, they did not have access to all of the written texts, commentaries, Visudhimmahga, and abhidhamma that we have today, but they were still able to reach enlightenment.
HI Moriah,
these days we are at most neyya (mostly padaparama ) and far from the capacities of the great ones at the time of the Buddha. Have a read of this thread:
I have few questions.
In Nettippakarana it says
587…Herein, the Blessed One discloses a blunt (light) teaching of the True Idea to one of keen faculties; the Blessed One discloses a blunt-to-keen teaching of the True Idea to one of medium faculties; the Blessed One discloses a keen teaching of the True Idea to one of blunt faculties.
Herein, the Blessed One discloses a blunt teaching of the True Idea to a person who gains knowledge by what is condensed, a keen one to…
you might also find some information in my book:
A path without ownership
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