[Buddha-l] Re: there he goes again (sam harris)

[Joy Vriens]

Hi Mitchell,
>That does not change the specific passage in 
>question, 
>though, as far as I can see. If ekaayano (< eka + 
>ayana) has 
>the sense of going to one terminus, and not meaning 
>the only 
>way to get to that end-point, then "the only way" 
>would just 
>be a distorted rendering into English. Which is 
>apparently 
>the situation here.
I believe you on this point. I wasn't aware of the ekaayano topic. Now that I am, it surprises me to read the "only way" translation and interpretation in a text, written in collaboration by Soma Thera, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Dr. Cassius A. Pereira. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html#discourse
Is this perhaps a topic within the old Buddhist schools or is it simply a matter of different interpretations? 
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