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From Advaita to Emptiness
Background The Truth? Similarities Between the two Teachings Differences Between the two Teachings Background When I began to study the emptiness teachings in earnest, I had already been familiar with the advaitic awareness-style teachings for many years. By “awareness-style teachings” I mean the teachings for which global, non-phenomenal awareness or Brahman is a foundational […]
Joyful Freedom: Western Pathways to Emptiness
(This article is hosted by The Culturium.) Seeing things as empty flies in the face of our usual experience. Usually, we imagine the self and worldly phenomena to exist in a very non-empty way, as if they rest on firm, objective foundations. According to Buddhism, when we suffer, it is because these projections are out […]
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Study Guide to George Berkeley’s “Three Dialogues, Part One” – Introduction
Title of the Text: “Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists” Original Date: 1713 Purpose of this Study Guide: To help people wishing to use George Berkeley’s arguments in support of nondual inquiry. Berkeley offers powerful insights against the independent existence of physical substance as an inherently existent thing. I […]
“Palm Trees in the Snow” (2015) and “Neckan” (2015)
Over the last two days, I saw two fascinating movies about the end of Spanish colonial influence in Africa. Both are set in the mid-1950s, as Spanish power is diminishing and independence movements are on the rise. It’s rare to see a movie about modern Spanish colonialism, and here were two of them in two […]