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Who can tell me a little about the two truths in Kumarajiva and Chih-i?

I read Swanson's book about a year ago, but I'm a little rusty....

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Does this help?> http://www.chibs.edu.tw/ch_html/chbs/08/chbs0814.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Seishin wrote:Does this help?> http://www.chibs.edu.tw/ch_html/chbs/08/chbs0814.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Fantastic. Very much appreciated, thankyou!

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Pleasure! :smile:
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It's really more about three truths: the traditional two truths, and middle way mediating them. The middle way is identified with Buddhagarbha & the Ekayana teachings.
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Yes, it's properly three truths, emptyness, dependent reality, and the middle. If you leave out the third you can't grasp Tiantai properly. I was reading Swanson's book, it's fantastic.
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The Tai-ching states "the women in the realms of Mara, Sakra and Brahma all neither abandoned ( their old) bodies nor received (new) bodies. They all received buddhahood with their current bodies (genshin)" Thus these verses state that the dharma nature is like a great ocean. No right or wrong is preached (within it) Ordinary people and sages are equal, without superiority or inferiority
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