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**flowersnewacq** · 10-03-2011, 07:35 PM

are we certain?

the Dhamma (Truth) was certainly something "hidden" from man until the Buddha discovered it

Really? Who hid it?

I don't want to get into a derail about language, so I'll just briefly say that the word "hidden" was not central to my statement. "Hidden", like "revealed" and "revelation" can have various connotations. The connotation I intended was simply, "not previously known at the time". My point was that the Buddha did not credit a supernatural deity with giving him the dhamma. That seems to be the connotation in the OP.

10-03-2011, 07:35 PM	#10
flowersnewacq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 337 Senior Member	are we certain? the Dhamma (Truth) was certainly something "hidden" from man until the Buddha discovered it Really? Who hid it? I don't want to get into a derail about language, so I'll just briefly say that the word "hidden" was not central to my statement. "Hidden", like "revealed" and "revelation" can have various connotations. The connotation I intended was simply, "not previously known at the time". My point was that the Buddha did not credit a supernatural deity with giving him the dhamma. That seems to be the connotation in the OP.
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