In this video we'll look at the origins of the Buddhist doctrine of "two truths" in the Upaniṣads and certain of the suttas of early Buddhism. While the Buddha never actually discussed a concept of "two truths" per se, he did elaborate a number of related ideas that in time would mature into this doctrine.

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✅ Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/an2.21-31/en...
https://suttacentral.net/sn1.25/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/dn9/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn74/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/an4.49/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/sn22.94/en/s...

✅ Books used:
Patrick Olivelle, The Early Upaniṣads — https://amzn.to/2O00fhD

K.N. Jayatilleke, Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. — https://amzn.to/30enpDi

✅ Other material:
Piya Tan on Dīghanakha Sutta (MN 74) http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharm...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/tw...

Sanghamitra Dasgupta and Dilip Kumar Mohanta, “Some Reflections on the Relation Between Śaṅkara and Buddhism”. In Indian Philosophical Quarterly XXV No. 3, July 1998.

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