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**Muramoursuard** · 12-04-2011, 07:14 AM

Maybe I have misconstrued something, but I didn't see that Tjampel was arguing the subject matter is irrelevant. I understood him as saying the Buddha's presentation was appropriate to the audience of his time. If he were teaching now, he might have conveyed it differently.

A metaphor is a way of presenting content. It seems to me that by saying the six realms are metaphorical, you are agreeing with Tjampel that the issue here is about presentation.

This is how I took Tjampel's post also, and how I see it, too.

The presentation in the Pali Canon is culturally relevant.

12-04-2011, 07:14 AM	#23
Muramoursuard Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 588 Senior Member	Maybe I have misconstrued something, but I didn't see that Tjampel was arguing the subject matter is irrelevant. I understood him as saying the Buddha's presentation was appropriate to the audience of his time. If he were teaching now, he might have conveyed it differently. A metaphor is a way of presenting content. It seems to me that by saying the six realms are metaphorical, you are agreeing with Tjampel that the issue here is about presentation. This is how I took Tjampel's post also, and how I see it, too. The presentation in the Pali Canon is culturally relevant.
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