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Re: What do people mean when they say they're searching for 'ultimate truth' ..In regards to what???
Hang on @riverflow. I agree with what you say but don't see it as the whole story. As the Upanishads ask, how can knowledge exist when there is no knower apart from the known? The thing is, knowing t… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhism and Morality
I feel that 'training rules' is not quite the right phrase, or might be misleading. When we know truth we will behave morally because there is nothing else we can do. Until then it will be helpful to… (View Post)
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Re: What do people mean when they say they're searching for 'ultimate truth' ..In regards to what???
Oh. Some posts arrived while I was typing. @zenmyste - I think the point about Al-Halaj answers your objection to ultimate truths. You're right, even if God told us a truth we wouldn't know it is tru… (View Post)1 -
Re: What do people mean when they say they're searching for 'ultimate truth' ..In regards to what???
Yep. Knowledge by identity, and as such incommunicable. (View Post)1 -
Re: What do people mean when they say they're searching for 'ultimate truth' ..In regards to what???
Can 'truth' mean different things to different people? I find this an odd idea. It seems to me that truth cannot be an interpretation because an interpretation is a conjecture. Nor do I see how truth… (View Post)1