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**sykanaxer** · 01-31-2012, 04:31 PM

How many of you believe in hungry ghosts?
Or demons from other realms?
You can think of them as outer expressions of inner experiences.

welcome, friend

a verse of seemingly relevant interest

the Dhamma states:

The Awakened One, best of speakers,
Spoke two kinds of truths:
The conventional and the ultimate.
A third truth does not obtain.

Therein:
The speech wherewith the world converses is true
On account of its being agreed upon by the world.
The speech which describes what is ultimate is also true,
Through characterizing dhammas as they really are.

Therefore, being skilled in common usage,
False speech does not arise in the Teacher,
Who is Lord of the World,
When he speaks according to conventions.

(Mn. i. 95)

01-31-2012, 04:31 PM	#14
sykanaxer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	How many of you believe in hungry ghosts? Or demons from other realms? You can think of them as outer expressions of inner experiences. welcome, friend a verse of seemingly relevant interest the Dhamma states: The Awakened One, best of speakers, Spoke two kinds of truths: The conventional and the ultimate. A third truth does not obtain. Therein: The speech wherewith the world converses is true On account of its being agreed upon by the world. The speech which describes what is ultimate is also true, Through characterizing dhammas as they really are. Therefore, being skilled in common usage, False speech does not arise in the Teacher, Who is Lord of the World, When he speaks according to conventions. (Mn. i. 95)
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