Oppositions of Religious Doctrines pp 87-109 | Cite as
Proposals for Belief
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Abstract
We have been using the following pairs of sentences among others as working examples of religious doctrines, considering them as possible utterances in S:
- Bl
The Dharma is the path to attainment of Nirvana.
- B2
Aim at attaining Nirvana.
- B2v
Nirvana is the supreme goal of life.
- B3
Live in accord with the Dharma.
- B3v
The good life is a life in accord with the Dharma.
- B4
Attainment of Nirvana is the only way of emancipation from suffering, which is intrinsic to conditioned existence.
- J1
The Torah teaches us to respond rightly to God.
- J2
Respond rightly to God.
- J2v
God is holy.
- J3
Live in accord with the Torah.
- J3v
The good life is a life in accord with the Torah.
- J4
God is our Lord and Maker, creator of heaven and earth and all that is in them, the judge of all nations and the fountain of life.
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Notes
- 1.For an interesting discussion of the concept of causation in the Pali canon see K.N. Jayatilleke, ‘Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge’ (London: Allen & Unwin, 1963) pp. 445 ff.Google Scholar
- 5.A. N. Whitehead, ‘Adventures of Ideas’ (New York: Macmillan, 1933) p. 221.Google Scholar
- 6.Edward Conze, ‘Buddhist Thought in India’ (London: Allen & Unwin, 1962) p. 252.Google Scholar
- 10.E. J. Thomas, ‘The History of Buddhist Thought’ (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963) pp. 110–12.Google Scholar
- 11.Gershom G. Scholem, ‘Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism’ (New York: Schocken, 1961) p. 283.Google Scholar
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