[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c6.s2.19 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.19 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.19 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.19) I blame my father for having employed a man of perverse understanding like you (as minister 43) — swerving from the path of \*dharma\*, who has turned to frightfully atheistic with this kind of his intellect. As a thief is, so is Buddha, let it be known to you that \*tathāgata\* is an atheist. A man of righteous understanding should not talk in his terms.44 - [Previous: c6.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.18) - [Next: c6.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.20) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.19) · Pramāṇa