Reality ‘Out There’ And Quantum Physics
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View ArticleIndian Philosophical Quarterly
I have just come across a site that I had not previously encountered, which holds the archives for all of the past 31 volumes of the Indian Philosopical Quarterly. Unfortunately, you can only select by...
View ArticleReview of Article on Shankara – part 4
To stay a little longer in this logical dilemma (which of the two is prior – avidya or adhyasa), can one not say that it doesn’t matter, since both imply, or entail, each other? That is, there is no...
View ArticleLogical enquiry into ‘Who I am’ (3/4)
When we analysed the world of objects in the waking state we came to the understanding that our experience of the variety of objects is due to the variety of corresponding mental impressions (covered...
View ArticleMind Frames – What is Your Reality?
The mind of the seeker needs to be calm and contained in order for it to be able to grasp what reality is. Karma Yoga prepares the mind to attain such a state and there are a number of blogs and...
View ArticleWe are all an entangled web
Quantum Physics is the science of small particles. The strange and counter-intuitive phenomena it predicts often leave us stunned. It says that if two particles were together once, they never lose...
View ArticleLogical enquiry into ‘Who I am’ (4/4)
We started this enquiry into identity by employing a simple piece of logic: you cannot be what you observe. From this point of view, the things we normally take ourselves to be, starting with the body,...
View ArticleVision Of Truth (sad darshanam) – Part 10
भवन्तु सद्दर्शन् साधनानि परस्य नामाकृतिभिः सपर्याः । सद्वस्तुनि प्राप्त तदात्म भावा निष्ठैव सद् दर्शनमित्यवेहि ॥ —१० सद्दर्शन् साधनानि = means to vision of truth; परस्य = of the absolute; सपर्याः =...
View ArticleThe Weird World Of Small Things
You are certain of your toothbrush being in the bathroom when you walk in there after a good night’s sleep. You have no doubt, the water comes to a boil in two minutes in the microwave for the...
View ArticleInvisible Energy In Empty Space
The Universe is overwhelmingly empty! Up in the heavens, galaxies are interspersed by huge empty spaces. Matter constitutes less than one percent of the universe – about one atom in ten cubic meters of...
View ArticleEka jIva VAda – I Am Alone: Part VI
Understanding Perception: We don’t ever see or experience a ‘world.’ Our capacity to detect anything is confined to a limited bandwidth of certain characteristics (in a so called world) using our...
View ArticleReview of article on Shankara – part 5
Under the section ‘Tarka vs Sruti’, the more or less unconscious devise (upadhi) of removing the subject from the ‘picture’ aimed at understanding the world, is broached, and the author (RB) quotes E....
View ArticleThe Dream Problem – Part 13
Part 13 of the New Book Serialization! Vasishta tells the dreamer a story about a woman who rediscovers a lost child but requires proof, illustrating the demands of our intellect for proof regarding...
View ArticleWhy two lifestyles don’t mean two paths (1/2)
One enduring misconception about enlightenment is that there are different ‘paths’ for different temperaments. This is not supported by Śaṅkara’s vision. Below the argument for the single ‘path’ is...
View Articleupadesha sAhasrI Part 11
Part 11 of the serialization of the presentation (compiled by R. B. Athreya from the lectures given by Swami Paramarthananda) of upadesha sAhasrI. This is the prakaraNa grantha which is agreed by...
View ArticleReview of article on Shankara – Part 6, and final
Maya A tarka (reasoning, argumentation) is required for the analysis of anubhava, as both SSS and RB agree – consistent with Shankara’s position. That is, language and thought, needless to say, have a...
View ArticleBook Extract – Voyager
Voyager: The Art of Pure Awareness Extracts We stand at the bow of our ship. The sky is clear, the sea is calm…Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find. –Walt Whitman
View ArticleQ.345 – The Purpose of Life, part 1
Here is a very basic question about purpose and faith. Five of our bloggers have provided answers and these are being posted in 5 parts. Part 1 – Ramesam’s answer to this question Q345: What is the...
View ArticleWhy two lifestyles don’t mean two paths (2/2)
It might seem difficult to accept the Vedāntic assertion that knowledge is the one and only direct path to mokṣa. It might be difficult for some to accept that meditation isn’t a direct path to mokṣa,...
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द्व्वन्द्वानि सर्वाण्यखिलास्त्रिपुट्यः किन्चित्समाश्रित्य विभान्ति वस्तु । तन्मार्गणे स्याद् गलितम् समस्तम् न पश्यताम् सच्चलनम् कदापि ॥—११ dvandvAni sarvANyakhilAstripuTayaH = all dualities and...
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