[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957) › c19.52 # Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.52 Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.52 - **Language:** English ### [c19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.52) ³⁹ See MN. III. pp. 230-231 and mark the difference between the text (Uddesa) and the gloss (Vibhaṅga). The middle way is at one place explained by means of the illuminative lute-simile. Just as in order to obtain sweet notes one should neither tune too high nor too low, similarly should one avoid extremes in action (Mvg.-see Brewster op. cit. p. 105 f; AN. Nip. 6 Sutta 55; the simile occurs in the Sūtra of the Forty-two Sections which was early translated into Chinese (A. O. 1927 pp. 197-237). - [Previous: c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.51) - [Next: c19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.53) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19) ## Cites (3) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga) — Pāli - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.52) · Pramāṇa