@upekkha said: “In addition, the very post above SengKiat, I had asked:
“thus Nibbana is the only ultimate transcendent truth?””
Sorry for the confusion on the above post, the difference is the Ultimate or Absolute Truths (Paramattha Sacca) and Ultimate Realities (Paramattha). One is the Truth with (Sacca) and the other one is the Reality using only the word Paramattha without the word sacca.
See the below on those highlighted words:
The Ultimate or Absolute Truths (Paramattha Sacca) are those that deal with concepts that exist in reality in an ultimate sense eg. consciousness (citta), mental factors (cetasika). aggregates (khanda).
In other words, the unchanging and indivisible nature of phenomena of all animate and inanimate things is called Absolute Truth.
There are four types of Ultimate Realities or Paramattha taught in Abhidhamma. They are:
1. Citta – consciousness – 01 (89/121 types)
2. Cetasika – mental factors – 52
3. Rupa – elements of matter – 28
4. Nibbana – the supreme happiness – 01