Author Archives: amartingarcia

About amartingarcia

General surgeon (retired). Studied Western philosophy at U of Toronto. Afterwards interest turned to advaita vedanta and non-duality for past 20 yrs, plus a long interlude in Sufism coinciding with that period. Now contributing in ’Advaita Vision’ with regular posts and discussions.

Brahman & maya

Posted on 21 February, 2022 by amartingarcia

Can Advaitins explain how Maya can be an attribute of the supposedly attributeless Brahman? Why was the creation needed if Brahman alone existed? What is Ishwara? 1) Maya is not an attribute of Brahman which, as you say, is attributeless. … Continue reading →

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Science & reality

Posted on 19 February, 2022 by amartingarcia

Empirical science vs. metaphysics.

Truth or Reality is transcendental. Continue reading →

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Origins

Posted on 7 February, 2022 by amartingarcia

From where did everything originate? Posted on February 4, 2022 by amartingarcia Existence is its own ‘origin’, as awareness is aware of itself, (though not in a self-reflective subject-object relationship) as well as of everything else; or as the first cause is the … Continue reading →

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Intuition

Posted on 29 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

(‘The word is ArSha or ārṣa. The meaning is given as “relating or belonging to or derived from RRiShi-s or ṛṣis-s”.) D quotes…’Brihad. Up. 1.4, explaining how ṛṣi-s and devatā-s have got ‘extraordinary body-mind-complexes, which enable them to gain knowledge … Continue reading →

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Beauty & Hope

Posted on 27 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

Beauty & Hope Como la vida de una flor es nuestra vida: un instante de promesa, un momento de esperanza, una fugaz belleza.¿Y cuál es la promesa de la flor y la de nuestra vida – qué espera la esperanza? … Continue reading →

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Everything is metaphysical

Posted on 22 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

If metaphysical entities cannot be verified to exist, how can we say anything meaningful about them?Alberto Martín, Studied Western philosophy at U of Toronto long time ago.Answered May 24, 2017 My position is that everything is metaphysical – cf. Is everything metaphysical? Quora /www.quora.com/search?q=everything+is+metaphysical … Continue reading →

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Defense of a great Advaitin of the 20th Century.

Posted on 20 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

Satchidanandendra, un gran Advaitjn of last Century. This being a defense of his importance and position vs. a suposedly orthodox Indian philosopher.
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Sastras (Scriptures)

Posted on 19 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

Only intuition and the sastras (scriptures) can afford knowledge of Reaity Continue reading →

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Eternity

Posted on 18 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

Eternity vs. timelessness Continue reading →

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Brahman & avidya

Posted on 8 September, 2020 by amartingarcia

Why does Brahman/Ātman deceive itself with Māyā, avidyā, and anātman? Why doesn’t consciousness simply manifest (in humans) with Vidyā, with innate knowledge of its true self from the beginning? Life is like a riddle, or a play – it is … Continue reading →

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