Tag Archives: concepts

Can consciousness exist without time?

Posted on 16 March, 2018 by amartingarcia

(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 →

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Conversation with ‘H’ – 5

Posted on 2 May, 2016 by amartingarcia

  H. (…  if I may, I shall just add a few follow-on remarks in connection with your particular, numbered points:) I originally said:“in my opinion there is always the risk of leaning too much on concepts that are not … Continue reading →

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The status of concepts in Plato and Shankara

Posted on 7 October, 2015 by amartingarcia

Parallel account of the ontological status of concepts in Plato and Shankara. Continue reading →

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Knowledge of Reality

Posted on 1 April, 2015 by amartingarcia

Vedantic knowledge transcends verbal symbols and concepts. The question of Nachiketas (Katha Up. 1.2.14) and answer in Taittiriya Up. II.9: That from which all words fall back along with the mind. Continue reading →

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Metaphysics or spirituality (ll)

Posted on 23 August, 2013 by amartingarcia

What is known as metaphysics or spirituality (or non-duality – all of them one in essence) is evidently dressed up in words and concepts, words-which-encapsulate-concepts-which-refer-to-what-is real. The referent, reality, be it whatever it is, is  not a concept, although it … Continue reading →

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