[Buddha-l] Chinese Canon

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/26/2010 1:52:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
selwyn at ntlworld.com writes:
 
> Is the Chinese Canon merely a commentary on the Pali Canon and  thus less
> authoritative (closer to the Buddha's intention)? Or, did  parts of the 
> early
> canon got recorded in Chinese before the  Pali was sometimes later 
> tampered
> with and that is why some  of the differences in the Chinese canon can
> sometimes be more  authoritative,
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Lance and Richard,


Many thanks for your answers.
 
Jack