"All truth is relative" is an absolutist statement. WTF? Fritjof Schuon pointed this out before:
Relativism sets out to reduce every element of absoluteness to a relativity, while making a quite illogical exception in favor of this reduction itself. In effect, relativism consists in declaring it to be true that there is no such thing as truth, or in declaring it to be absolutely true that nothing but the relatively true exists; one might just as well say that language does not exist, or write that there is no such thing as writing. In short, every idea is reduced to a relativity of some sort, whether psychological, historical, or social; but the assertion nullifies itself by the fact that it too presents itself as a psychological, historical, or social relativity. The assertion nullifies itself if it is true, and by nullifying itself logically proves thereby that it is false; its initial absurdity lies in the implicit claim to be unique in escaping, as if by enchantment, from a relativity that is declared alone to be possible. ****************************************** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > You forget that the Upanishads were all esoterica > > within the teaching of the Brahmana-s and the > > Shrauta-s. They existed as whispered transmissions for > > generations before they were written down... > > > All of the Upanishads were composed after the historical > Buddha's passing. If there were any esoteric teachings > before the fifth century, Buddha would have probably > mentioned them. > > According to the dialectics of Naga Arjuna, there is no > path, no steps on a path, all truth is relative, there > is no movement, time or duration. In fact, things may > not move around at all - no objects or individual have > 'own nature', that is, an *absolute* existence. > > These kinds of phenomena are just thought-instants that > appear to be substantial - doors tables, running and > jumping, or consulting with our friends are all just an > *appearance only*. >
