[Buddha-l] bodhi

[Artur Karp]

At 06:51 2009-11-25, you wrote:
>May I indulge in one final curiosity for this morning? Let me
>initially address this little question to Dr. Steinmetz with the
>understanding that others are invited to chip in, letting the chips
>fall where they may. What difference does it make that the metaphors
>in question are "highly dualistic"? (A side issue: does dualism come
>in degrees? Could a metaphor be moderately dualistic or just barely
>dualistic?)
>Richard

My chip: are terms "enlightenment" and "awakening" metaphors? If yes - in 
what way?

Artur