Imo (in my opinion) the two aspects of truth is the single most important topic and is the basic foundational approach of the Middle Way School of Buddhism. Niko kindly posted some material I wrote on another website many years ago, and that has been helpful, but it should be noted that this material was written after I had only a beginning exposure to this subject; I said this is a topic not to be presented to everyone, but that was a mechanical error of memory, as in actuality it is considered very adventitious for as many people as possible to be exposed to this concept. What is not helpful is to be prematurely given the concept of emptiness as this can cause a person to fall into a nihilistic state. I think the rest of the material in the previous post or posts was basically accurate, so it may be helpful to read them, but — how to present this concept of the two aspects of truth in such a way that it will be literally transformational and not just fodder for a pig (pig being a symbol for a connection point). Think about this. Though previously I was not capable of doing so, I will now in an ongoing series be going over the two aspect material in such a way that anybody reading, with a little focus and effort, *if* dedicated, will be able to apply the basic approach of the Middle Way School in a way that is visibly life changing.
To begin. there are two aspects of how we perceive information — conventional truth and ultimate truth, and these ways of perceiving always go hand in hand, the aim (not so easily actualized but technically possible) being to consciously perceive both aspects at the same time. In order to do this it is necessary to understand that so called ultimate truth always has a conventional aspect. Speaking from this angle, the concept of ultimate truth which is somewhat easily understood intellectually (but not comprehensively) is not ultimately true as there is always a conventional aspect to perception. This is the sticking point which many people are presumably pondering re how to reconcile, so it may take an ongoing series, perhaps quite lengthy, to little by little, go into the functional value of the two aspect approach in such a way that it ‘ultimately’ 🙂 makes sense.
Deconstructing Krishnamurti 