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   From: kimmerian@fastmail.fm   
      
   oxtail :   
      
   [Apannaka Sutta]   
      
   > Kindly note that he was not even   
   > arguing for the truthfulness of the Dharma,   
   > but skillfulness of it as a safe-bet,   
   > regardless of whether the next world exists or not.   
      
        I notice that you're very wrong.  The Apannaka Sutta shows   
   the Buddha both providing a "safe-bet" argument _and_   
   contending "there actually is the next world," a proposition he   
   calls "true dhamma."   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)