Dear Yong Peng, Nina, Rene and Friends,

For what my opinion's worth, this is exactly correct. Not only for the
Jatakas, but also for subsuming the apparent differences between the
pitakas.

mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Ong Yong Peng <ypong001@...>
To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 6:32 PM
Subject: [Pali] Re: Jatakas and perspective...


> Dear Nina, Rene and friends,
>
> thanks for your enlightening and refreshing posts. I agree with Nina
> about ultimate and conventional truths. The key to decipher the
> messages encrypted in the Jataka really relys on the ability to
> distinguish ultimate and convetional truths. That may all seems less
> compelling to an average person whose primary concern is to get on
> with life, yes and a bit of enlightening moments here and there. I
> would consider sutta study groups, online or meet-ups (as CheangOo
> mentioned in a former mail), are important to help people understand
> the suttas, and then see how it would be applicable in their own
> lives, each in a different way.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng