Do the Suttas in the Pali Canon have contradictiory passages? Has anyone ever come accross one?
I only ask because I was watching a Video the other day on the contradictions that crop up in most world religions and began thinking "Does the Canon have any of this?"
Contradictions in Religion
Contradictions in Religion
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Re: Contradictions in Religion
He who sees others’ faults, and is ever irritable —
the defilements of such a one multiply.
He is far from the destruction of defilements. Dhp v 253
Should one see a wise man, who, like a revealer of treasure,
points out faults and reproves;
let one associate with such a wise person;
it will be better, not worse, for him who associates with such a one. Dhp v 76
the defilements of such a one multiply.
He is far from the destruction of defilements. Dhp v 253
Should one see a wise man, who, like a revealer of treasure,
points out faults and reproves;
let one associate with such a wise person;
it will be better, not worse, for him who associates with such a one. Dhp v 76
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Re: Contradictions in Religion
Hi,
I have never noticed any! but the Dhp verses above do superficial appear to be contradicting, but they are about two different people, one who is calm and the other who is irritable.
I have never noticed any! but the Dhp verses above do superficial appear to be contradicting, but they are about two different people, one who is calm and the other who is irritable.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill