Shunyata, A Philosophical Endeavor Against Assured Philosophical Method in Realizing Truth and Existence and Establishing Perfection of Wisdom Through Non-dual Experience

Autor: Seyed Farhad Khalesi Moghaddam
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 35:369-378
ISSN: 2363-9962
0970-7794
DOI: 10.1007/s40961-018-0135-0
Popis: Madhyamaka defines existence in self-being. There is interdependency between all beings and the human mind. Everything is empty from self-being. Emptiness is universal. Madhyamaka stands midway between affirmation and negation or being and non-being. The only way to comprehend absolute reality is to abandon the realm of reason which, in turn, leads to non-dual (Advaita) experience. Ultimate reality is nothing but universal Emptiness. However, Shunya is empty of self-being as well. In this paper, I have tried to elucidate and criticize Emptiness from the ontological aspect for everything of which the existence of interconnection or interdependency of all entities and mind is inevitably apprehended, though still empty of self-being. From the epistemological perspective, I confronted the fact that it is not possible to describe the emptiness of the world, outcome of intuitional experience of Nirvana, unless the consciousness preserves to maintain, basis for establishing Yogacara thesis.
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