Abridgements/cuts in suttas

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Here’s an earlier discussion of the same point.

Cutting too much out of suttas

This is not a simple question at all, and not one that admits of a single solution. To start with, here is my translation of SN 46.20: Sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattanti. “Mendicants, the seven awakening factors, when developed and cultivated, lead solely to disillusionment, fading away, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. What seven? Satisambojjhaṅgo … pe … upekkhāsam…