[Buddha-l] Loving your object of study

[Bob Zeuschner]

Curt did understand my remark: it is a Western presupposition that makes 
us separate out the wisdom/intellectual approach from the "practice" 
approach. The pathway of wisdom is a form of practice.

I recall that David Kalupahana has a chapter in one of his books which 
discusses the A.N. sutra's analysis of the monk who practiced the 
pathway of wisdom and achieved the goal of Nirvana, and the monk who 
practiced the pathway of dhyana, and achieved Nirvana. As I remember, 
the pathways are separable yet achieve the same goal.

I think this might have been in his "Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical 
Analysis" published by U.H. but I don't have the book in front of me in 
my office. It might have been in his book on Buddhist causality 
(pratityasamutpada). I just can't remember.
Bob

curt wrote:
> Jackhat1 at aol.com wrote:
>> I had understood Bob's comment about scholarship being the  practice 
>> as an "only intellectual approach." Was I incorrect?
>>
>>   
> I wouldn't speak for Bob - but to me it sounded like he was saying that 
> it is a mistake to "make a separation between scholarship vs. practice". 
> Which I agree with - and, moreover, I would contend that this is (a) 
> common-sense, and (b) widely accepted among Buddhists and Hindus.