[Buddha-l] Re: Nirvana si, bodhi no!

[Bruce Burrill]

At 09:29 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
>If the Buddha's students had the same kind of awakening as the Buddha - ie,
>one that enabled the awakened one to teach others and cause them to awaken,
>then we should all be awakened by now! And I am not talking "original
>enlightenment" here - I'm talking anuttara samyak samfreakingbodhi.


Actually, in this discussion, I don't give a rat's ass what the Mahayana 
says (or even the Pali commentarial literature). What I am interested in is 
what the Pali suttas are saying.