Alleged conflict between ‘Buddhism’ and ‘Brahmanism’
If the ‘I’ cannot be individuated or described, then there is no possible distinction between the ‘I’ and ‘the Brahman’. They are different names for ‘self-awareness’ which pick out the…
Read moreIs Sat explainable?
[Note: sat, सत् = Real ] No, I cannot explain the real; nor has anybody else in the world. Even more radically: the Real can never be ‘explained’, nor will…
Read moreTranslating vibhaktis
The problem is more complicated and the implications far more massive than either of us can even dream of. In fact, I think we are not even aware of the…
Read moreReal vs. Existence
[For the latest on real vs existence, why such distinction needs to be made, check this paper, What do Indians need: a history or the past ] With some justifiable distortion,…
Read moreAvidya, Ajnana, Maaya, Ignorance: a learning process
When we speak about ignorance, we can do so in two ways. One is by talking about ‘how the world is’; the other is by talking about ‘how we think…
Read moreIs ‘sat’ ‘being’? S.N.Balagangadhara
[For extended discussion on sat, truth, etc, check this paper.] To take German language, let us look at how Heidegger talks about ‘being’: there is the ‘big Being’ (‘Sein’) and…
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