# \#buddhaghosa **URL:** https://classicaltheravada.org/tag/buddhaghosa/15.md [Latest](https://classicaltheravada.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://classicaltheravada.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://classicaltheravada.org/tags.md) --- ## [Buddhaghosa & the Alleged Burning of Commentaries: A Historical Investigation into Buddhaghosuppatti](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhaghosa-the-alleged-burning-of-commentaries-a-historical-investigation-into-buddhaghosuppatti/1635)
**Author:** [@Baloo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Baloo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhaghosa-the-alleged-burning-of-commentaries-a-historical-investigation-into-buddhaghosuppatti/1635 "2025-01-18T16:16:56Z")
A statement has spread, sometimes presented as a general claim and other times posed as a question with a derisive tone, attempting to disparage Buddhaghosa Thera by fabricating accusations against him. This statement is… --- ## [The Sri Lankan Buddhist philosopher David Kalupahana sees Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa as a predecessor of Nagarjuna in being a champion of the Middle Way and a reviver of the original philosophical ideals of the Buddha](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-sri-lankan-buddhist-philosopher-david-kalupahana-sees-venerable-moggaliputta-tissa-as-a-predecessor-of-nagarjuna-in-being-a-champion-of-the-middle-way-and-a-reviver-of-the-original-philosophical-ideals-of-the-buddha/242)
**Author:** [@Zans](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Zans)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-sri-lankan-buddhist-philosopher-david-kalupahana-sees-venerable-moggaliputta-tissa-as-a-predecessor-of-nagarjuna-in-being-a-champion-of-the-middle-way-and-a-reviver-of-the-original-philosophical-ideals-of-the-buddha/242 "2023-11-21T20:47:59Z")
The Sri Lankan Buddhist philosopher David Kalupahana sees him as a predecessor of Nagarjuna in being a champion of the Middle Way and a reviver of the original philosophical ideals of the Buddha. Note: David Kalupahana… --- ## [Even the Attanomati is higher than Non-Theravada Suttas or Interpretations](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/even-the-attanomati-is-higher-than-non-theravada-suttas-or-interpretations/282)
**Author:** [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/even-the-attanomati-is-higher-than-non-theravada-suttas-or-interpretations/282 "2022-09-19T14:14:14Z")
Important Points: Mahāpadesa Sutta advises to reject a teaching that is not in conformity with the Sutta and Vinaya. According to the Mahāpadesasutta Commentary the word “Sutta” herein refers to the whole Tipitaka and… --- ## [Buddhaghosa Thera Did not Burn Ancient Commentaries](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhaghosa-thera-did-not-burn-ancient-commentaries/110)
**Author:** [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhaghosa-thera-did-not-burn-ancient-commentaries/110 "2022-05-06T10:05:48Z")
There is a popular here say, emerged from the Later Burmese Biographical Text Buddhaghosuppatti ( perhaps as early as the 15th century) that Buddhaghosa Thera burnt ancient Sihala Atthakathas after he translated them in… --- ## [A Liberal Buddhist "On the Origin of the Buddhist Arthakathás"](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/a-liberal-buddhist-on-the-origin-of-the-buddhist-arthakathas/215)
**Author:** [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/a-liberal-buddhist-on-the-origin-of-the-buddhist-arthakathas/215 "2022-05-02T11:07:42Z")
This is a journal article written by a Sri Lankan Liberal Buddhist in 1871. Although he seems to have some interesting ideas, I took one of his end-notes into the beginning as a warning for the reader, in order to give a…