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Atman and suffering
Does Advaita Vedanta acknowledge the existential reality of suffering and non-suffering occurring in Atman even after the spiritual liberation, or suffering becomes impossible in Atman after the spiritual realization? Alberto Martín, Contributor to Advaita Vision and own blog: ‘Unanimous … Continue reading
Two Q&As in Quora
What is the difference between truly understanding/integrating a truth and the thinking mind coming to a conclusion that this truth is true? The second part of the question – ‘the thinking mind coming to a conclusion’ is reminiscent of Plato’s … Continue reading
Debate lll
[A] Religiones/Sistemas filosóficos/partidos políticos/ideologías/paradigmas/cosmovisiones Son sistemas o marcos (‘frameworks’) categoriales (coherentes en sí mismos – ‘self-contained’) con conceptos/percepciones/axiomas/premisas bien definidos En conflicto unos con otros (o ‘alternativas a elegir’) Compuestos de verdades relativas. No postulados absolutos are … Continue reading
Debate – ll
J. Decía que el Vedanta, como todas las religiones creadas por el hombre, termina justificando un sistema de mérito donde unos “merecen” lo que tienen y otros no, creando así desigualdades sociales, estructurales, etc. Me explico. La religión pretende una … Continue reading
Debate – Phenomenology vs Advaita Vedanta
M. Es cierto, el Advaita es una filosofía operative al tiempo que es metafísica en su fondo o base – diferente de la metafísica aristotélica o budista, etc. Creo que podemos equiparar metafísica con esoterismo (dimensión interior de la religión). … Continue reading
Two advaitic poems
I know of being and non-being, (Trans. from Spanish) know of eternity and time – that my place is at the center, though there is no time and no center. Neither between heaven and earth, for earth and … Continue reading
Can consciousness exist without time?
(Question answered in Quora) From the viewpoint of Advaita Vedanta (and I believe also zen and Dzogchen), time is not just something elusive, but ultimately unreal – only an idea or concept. The same with the concept ‘now’, which cannot … Continue reading
