Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00647)

Jerry,
Thanks for your comments and reply, in rereading your earlier post you 
must be referring to the contents of Emily Lutyens Book in which the statement is 
made in regard to the "Arhats," so it is not your personal statement but just 
your reference to her work that you indicate? I think that is the case.
When the Buddha was alive in the body in the 7th century BC and he 
Certified a discliple as Arhat it can be taken as a verity and even later major 
Patriarches seem reasonable to me as they had attainment of spiritual altitude but 
as it is an expressly special denotation in Buddhism relative to the 10 Stages 
of the Bodhisattva Consciousness in terms of the recognized Canon that is 
unamimous throughout all branches of Buddhism is far as I know, I widen my eyes 
when I see appropiation in this case. Thanks again for you presence here on the 
Forum, we all learn valued information from you and others, like our new 
presenter who is in official capacity who posted recently.

John


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