Bring the happiness that most people only dream about: tell us our mistakes

[sujato]

@sabbamitta

We still need a closing quote that belongs to the opening quote in segment 2.2.

Oh indeed you are quite right, my apologies.

@sabbamitta

“What do you say” versus “what does Master Gotama say”.

Use master Gotama here, as it establishes that by the end of the discourse, Vaccha was still not fully converted.

The translation for this passage is discussed here:

What is the correct translation of this section please

Thanks for this passage, it made me look closer at the text, and I must change my translation above. But first a couple of points. I don’t think it’s correct to say that Ven Bodhi agrees there is no in-between state. He is pointing out that the commentary interprets the passage in such a way as to exclude an in-between state. I can’t recall any statement of his personal views—perhaps someone can help me out here—but it is virtually a consensus view among students of early Buddhism that the sutt…

@sabbamitta

I can’t see “when developed and cultivated” in the Pali.

Indeed, it’s a TM error.