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   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > 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."   
      
      
   I guess you are not a betting man.   
   But I bet you often carried an umbrella,   
   just in case.   
   The Buddha is arguing that   
   the Dharma is skillful regardless   
   of whether the next world exists or not.   
      
   --   
   Oxtail is not doing what he thinks he is doing here.   
      
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