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Why is there ignorance?
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
Is reality knowable? (From Quora)
“The affirmation that reality is not knowable is itself an assertion of knowledge about reality.” Does this sound like an example of the law of non-contradiction? So this proves that reality is knowable? Tom McFarlane, degrees in philosophy, mathematics, and physics. … Continue reading
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Tagged contradiction, knowledge, logic, mind, Neo-advaita, reality, Truth
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The proof of Advaita philosophy
Q&A in Advaita Vision – reproduced here. Q. 388 – Proof of Methodology
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Tagged advaita, doubt, ego, experience, knowledge, proof, reality, realization, self, tradition, trust
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Consciousness and neuro-science
https://www.quora.com/What-makes-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-so-unexpectedly-hard (Different from above) Prof. Donald Hoffman – The Case Against Reality . A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experience through our senses. Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, Consciousness, cosmos, evolution, experience, illusion, knowledge, life, mathematics, mind, non-duality, Quantum physics, reality, reality and illusion
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Conversation with ‘H’ – 6
Dear H: I realise that much of our disagreement has to do with the use of language – the meaning each one of us attaches to certain terms – and also to perspective. I base myself almost exclusively on Advaita … Continue reading
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Tagged advaita, Atman-Brahman, awareness, Consciousness, experience, knowledge, matter, Max Plank, mind, non-duality, philosophy, reality, realization, tradition
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Conversation with ‘H’ – 5
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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Conversation with H – Cont.
12.3.16 In my previous comments as a preliminary reply to H – taking into consideration his scruples on the use of language and of certain anthropomorphic-sounding expressions in particular – I accepted that much of the language in Eastern texts … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, Creation, God, hyperbole, illusion, imagination, knowledge, Krishna, language, Puranas, reality, religion, sacred language, self, superimposition
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Conversation with H (Knower, Witness)
H. ‘… as regards the somewhat artificial distinction (ontologically speaking) that I make between awareness and consciousness, then this is something I do of my own choosing, accepting that there is an objectless state of mind that cannot correctly be … Continue reading
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Unanimous Tradition / Tradición Unánime 