Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c2.7

v1.c2.7

In dealing with the second question we have depended on the Nikāyas but have taken the *Visuddhimagga* as our guide. There is no gainsaying the fact that Buddhaghosa is still the best expositor of early monastic Buddhism and his statements are always supported by quotations from the Pāli texts, and so we may state that by following the *Visuddhimagga* we have not deviated from the original interpretation of the Theravādins.