[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.s2.23 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.23 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.23 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.23) Seeing Rāma’s stern consternation, Jābāli cleverly changes his position “I do not speak the language of unbelievers” he says, “nor am I an atheist. This is not true that there is nothing beyond this world. (I became an atheist and) considering the occasion again turned to be a believer. On other occasion I may become an atheist again. This was an occasion for me to adopt the speech of an atheist just for persuading you to return back and to please you.”⁴⁶ - [Previous: c6.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.22) - [Next: c6.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.24) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.23) · Pramāṇa