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**eskimosik** · 05-30-2011, 09:16 AM

Aloka D, This is a very interesting article.
I am not familiar enough with Theravadin Buddhsim to know if the author's statement, "These definitions, however, do not mean there are two types of Truth in Theravada Buddhism, but rather two ways of presenting the Truth." --is accurate or not, but it would seem to makes sense.

There is the way of presenting ideas to superstitious people: through parables and analogies to their own superstitions they cannot let go of. And then there is the teaching of the Dhamma as it is to those who are not fettered by superstition.

05-30-2011, 09:16 AM	#13
eskimosik Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Aloka D, This is a very interesting article. I am not familiar enough with Theravadin Buddhsim to know if the author's statement, "These definitions, however, do not mean there are two types of Truth in Theravada Buddhism, but rather two ways of presenting the Truth." --is accurate or not, but it would seem to makes sense. There is the way of presenting ideas to superstitious people: through parables and analogies to their own superstitions they cannot let go of. And then there is the teaching of the Dhamma as it is to those who are not fettered by superstition.
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