Jhana monks and Dhamma-devotee monks??

[Upasaka_Dhammasara]

Is there such thing? This seems a later text but still nice

SuttaCentral

It seems as I said to a friend Mahayana as Dhamma-devotee and Jhana monk as the ones aiming for Arahant. Lol

[karl_lew]

Thanks for the reference. I had not read this sutta before. It echoes the following from MN64:

MN64:16.1: “Sir, if this is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters, how come some mendicants here are released in heart while others are released by wisdom?”
MN64:16.2: “In that case, I say it is the diversity of their faculties.”

[sujato]

See my earlier essay on this sutta:

Was there a conflict between scholars and meditators?

Note: This essay has been modified following the remarks by @Senryu in this post. My thanks to him for helping me with this. Abstract In AN 6.46 we have an interesting discussion of conflicts between two groups of mendicants. The text gives an idea of some of the tensions that emerged in the Sangha in the years following the Buddha’s death. It has attracted several translations and discussions. However, most, if not all, of this attention has worked under the assumption that the conflict is …