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1. Buddhist Romanticism Unromantic Dhamma
    … This is the Dhamma, this is the Vinaya, this is the Teacher’s instruction.’ His statement is neither to be approved nor scorned. Without approval or scorn, take careful note of his words and make them stand against the suttas and tally them against the Vinaya. If, on making them stand against the suttas and tallying them against the Vinaya, you find that they … 
2. Buddhist Romanticism Glossary
    … also denotes any of his arahant disciples. Upādāna: The act of clinging to something to take sustenance from it. The activities that, when clung to, constitute suffering are the five khandhas. The clinging itself takes four forms: to sensuality, to habits & practices, to views, and to theories about the self. Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
3. Buddhist Romanticism Questioning Buddhist Romanticism
    … 1) Of all the various sources of the Buddha’s teachings, the Pāli suttas—together with the Pāli Vinaya, or monastic rules—seem by far to be the closest record we have of the Buddha’s teachings. 2) This is the Buddhist religion with which I am most familiar and in which I was trained. 3) Of all the Buddhist religions, the Theravāda contains … 
4. Buddhist Romanticism Buddhist Romanticism
    … Only in the disciplinary rules in the Vinaya does he assume the added authority of a lawgiver. In the suttas, he calls himself a doctor; a trainer; an admirable, experienced friend who has mastered a specific skill: putting an end to suffering. He provides explicit recommendations on how to act, speak, and think to bring about that result; instructions on how to develop qualities … 
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