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Been reading this every other day, but forgetting to update here. Went over perpetuity of Vedas, heterodoxy, le boudhismé, Manu, quick overview of castes. Less than 100 pages left and only in the immediate next chapter we get to Shaivism & Vaishnavism
— Nov 29, 2023 01:35PM
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Piim
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Shaivism and Vaishnavism
Resolved a misunderstanding I've had. The Brahmaa, Shiva, and Vishnu aspects all have their Shakti equivalents, those who dedicate themselves to those are called Shaktaas. But anything Shakti is within the confines of those 3, mainly the latter 2
Shaivism also is the closest to Metaphysical realisation. It is "destruction" only from POV of manifestation that returns to unmanifest Absolute
— Dec 03, 2023 09:34PM
Resolved a misunderstanding I've had. The Brahmaa, Shiva, and Vishnu aspects all have their Shakti equivalents, those who dedicate themselves to those are called Shaktaas. But anything Shakti is within the confines of those 3, mainly the latter 2
Shaivism also is the closest to Metaphysical realisation. It is "destruction" only from POV of manifestation that returns to unmanifest Absolute
Piim
is on page 118 of 274
Finished the first half of the book, which scrutinously elaborates on the exact nature of Metaphysics and how all the misconceptions are wrong
Forgot to update this for a few days, even though I've been slowly reading. Very time consuming with the annotations, it's safe to say that over 7 hours of reading have yielded progressing through 30 pages, due to how precisely the foundation is set up and defined
— Nov 22, 2023 02:02AM
Forgot to update this for a few days, even though I've been slowly reading. Very time consuming with the annotations, it's safe to say that over 7 hours of reading have yielded progressing through 30 pages, due to how precisely the foundation is set up and defined
Piim
is on page 85 of 274
Relationship between Metaphysics and Theology. Theology is inherently insufficient and flawed due to the sentimental/emotional/feeling element, and anything to do with the domain of feeling is not Universal, ie it is a baggage upon Metaphysics that only obfuscates what's the truth. Religion (a constituent part of which is sentimentalism) also has a role in consolation, but Truth isn't concerned with consolation
— Nov 18, 2023 01:19AM
Piim
is on page 78 of 274
Forgot to log this yesterday.
Talks of the essential characteristics of metaphysics. Had me following his convoluted chain of logic until "the general is not opposed to the individual, but only the particular". No explanation whatsoever what the difference between the individual and particular is.
Though there is an important true point that science could never be metaphysics since metaphysics is beyond experiment
— Nov 17, 2023 09:22AM
Talks of the essential characteristics of metaphysics. Had me following his convoluted chain of logic until "the general is not opposed to the individual, but only the particular". No explanation whatsoever what the difference between the individual and particular is.
Though there is an important true point that science could never be metaphysics since metaphysics is beyond experiment
Piim
is on page 69 of 274
1. Main divisions of Eastern World — Near East, Middle East, Far East
2. Principles of the unity of the Eastern Traditions
3. What is meant by Tradition?
4. Tradition and Religion
41 to 69 = 28 pages
LOTS of annotating in the margins. My instinct is to write a succinct rewording of the author's main point, making chain of logic very clear in my own words. Don't know if this is a good idea since time consuming
— Nov 15, 2023 06:50AM
2. Principles of the unity of the Eastern Traditions
3. What is meant by Tradition?
4. Tradition and Religion
41 to 69 = 28 pages
LOTS of annotating in the margins. My instinct is to write a succinct rewording of the author's main point, making chain of logic very clear in my own words. Don't know if this is a good idea since time consuming
