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8) 4 Stcherbatsky ( 1 923). 5 Stcherbatsky (1 923, p. 1) 6 Carter (1 978). 7 Pp. 48-49. 8 Edward Conze, for example, has distinguished seven meanings as 'philosophically impprtant': (I) transcendent reality, (2) the order of law of the universe, (3) a tl;1lly real event, (4) objective data. of the mind, (5) quality cir property, (6) right behaviour and religious practice, (7) the Buddha's teaching. These seven meanings more or less correspond to the six I have suggested, although I in effect have subsumed his (3) and (4) under my (6).
Whether the five faculties, powers and factors of awakening can be so straightforwardly characterized as 'practices' . perhaps needs further consideration. I shall return to this presently. Truth In certain contexts meanings such as 'teaching' or 'practice' seem not to fit; a meaning closer to 'truth' - the truth about the world or reality as directly realized and taught by the Buddha - seems to be required. Thus in a number of places in the Nikayas it is described how the Buddha by means of step by step instruction (anupubbl kathii) leads his listeners to a vision of the truth: he talks of giving, virtuous conduct, and heaven; he reveals the danger, vanity and impurity of sense desires, and the benefit of desirelessness; and when he sees that the hearts of his listeners are ready, open and without hindrance, are inspired and confident, then he reveals the teaching of the truth that is special to buddhas - suffering, its arising, its cessation, the path; and at the conclusion of such step by step instruction there arises in his listeners 'the clear and spotless vision of the truth (dhamma-cakkhu), ; 96 RUPERT OETHIN' the listeners are now 'ones who have seen the truth, gained the truth, known the truth , penetrated the truth, gone beyond doubt, removed their questioning, and acquired full 'confidence in what is taught by the Teacher without having to rely on others' .
8 Edward Conze, for example, has distinguished seven meanings as 'philosophically impprtant': (I) transcendent reality, (2) the order of law of the universe, (3) a tl;1lly real event, (4) objective data. of the mind, (5) quality cir property, (6) right behaviour and religious practice, (7) the Buddha's teaching. These seven meanings more or less correspond to the six I have suggested, although I in effect have subsumed his (3) and (4) under my (6). See Conze ( 1 962, pp. 92-94). iiti suttal1l geyyal1l veyyiikarl11JOI7l giithal1l udiinal1l itivuttakal1l jiitakal1l abbhutadhammal1l vedallal1l (M I 1 33f; A II ' 1 03f, 1 08f, 1 78f, I 8 5f; III 86f, 1 77f').