I don't understand why if something makes sense literally that it can not be taken figuratively also.......or, maybe a better way of putting it is if one wants to express something figuratively must one take great pains to be sure it does not make sense literally?......or another way of putting it, is it impossible for something to have both a literal and figurative meaning?lyndon taylor wrote:Taken in the literal sense of birth, a Bhikkhu that has attained enlightenment has eliminated rebirth but not death, so this can not be used as any argument for a psychological interpretation of birth, as it makes perfect sense when birth is taken literally.
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