How to safeguarde the Truth? (Sathyaya rakinne keseda)

kalyanamithra

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    How to safeguarde the Truth? (Sathyaya rakinne keseda? )

    Pinwath mithura,

    Can one decide something he/she believes in is the Truth and everything else is Not?
    How cautious one should be if he/she wants to make such a decision?

    This is from the Buddhist canon: "Canki sutta" and not to offend friends with other faiths.

    Although the Sutta has Buddhist context what presented in the Sutta does not contain much Buddhist concepts;
    therefore anyone may easily follow it.
    It merely highlights how one may cautiously decide something as the Truth ruling out some others...

    Tiptiaka:
    http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima2/095-canki-s.html (Sinhala)
    http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima2/095-canki-e1.html (English)
    http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.095x.than.html

    Deshana (Sinhala) by Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda thero:
    http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/mp3/5/5.1_Chanki_Sutta.mp3 (audio)
    http://s5.histats.com/stats/r.php?223978&100&8&urlr=&www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/Chankee_Sutta.pdf (PDF)

    Theruwan saranai!
     
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    kalyanamithra

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    Pinwath mithurani,

    Me thiyenne Chanki Sutraye Budurajanan wahanase karana vishesha prakashayak...

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    Ein pasui unwahanse visthara karanne Dhrmaye hesirenna labana prathyaksha bava anek denum valin venas vana akarayath; ema prathyaksha bavata langa vana akarayath... :)

    Vedi visthara dena ganna nama sutraya kiyawa/asa balanna...

    Theruwan saranai!
     

    savi pabasara

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    Theruwan Saranai..

    Attatama me lokaye Atta kiyala deyak thiyenawanam eka ma eka deyai Thiyenna...

    Budhurajanna Wahanse e gana meheme Wadala..

    Ekamhi Saccam
    N dutiyamatthi.

    "Eka attai thiyenne,
    dekak naha"
    (Sutta Nipathaya)

    Me yatharthaya nodanna piris vada vivada karanava, mekai atta mekai atta kiyala. Ehema neda..?