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   From: oxtail@nowhere.org   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > oxtail :   
   >   
   > [Apannaka Sutta]   
   >   
   >> The Buddha is arguing that   
   >> the Dharma is skillful regardless   
   >> of whether the next world exists or not.   
   >   
   >      Half-truth.  The "safe bet" arguments in the sutta contend   
   > the dhamma is valuable in regard to both this world and the next one.   
   > (That's what makes them safe:  they're covering both bets.)  But the   
   > sutta _also_ pictures the Buddha firmly stating "there actually is the   
   > next world," contending that the proposition "there actually is the next   
   > world" is the true dhamma, teaching that the assertion "there actually   
   > is the next world" is right speech, etc.   
      
      
   You read it wrong.   
      
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