[Buddha-l] Loving your object of study

[Richard Hayes]

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 08:28, Jackhat1 at aol.com wrote:

> There is a group at _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/)  that  advocates "an only
> intellectual approach." They feel an  understanding gained through studying
> the Abhidhamma is sufficient.

They belong to a very old tradition, one that goes back to the time of the 
Buddha. It would be a mistake to say that the intellectual approach works for 
everyone, and just as much a mistake to say that it works for no one. The 
same can be said for other approaches.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico