Buddhism Through Epistemology
18. Causality (i) – Buddha’s Consequential Doctrine
After introducing karma in the previous post, this post discusses Causality. While Causality is Buddha’s consequential doctrine that affects all conscious beings, it has entered…
15. Epistemology (x) The Five Aggregates (iv) Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
According to this Wikipedia article, “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing,” “is a question about the reason for basic existence which has been raised or commented…
14. Epistemology (ix) The Five Aggregates (iii) – The Observer Effect – The Root Cause of Delusion
We discuss the Observer Effect in this post. The Observer Effect is associated with the Double-Slit Experiment and was discovered in 1801 by British polymath…
13. Epistemology (viii) – The Five Aggregates(ii) – Liberation From Existential Suffering!
In the last few posts, we have discussed Samathavipasyana, the Five Aggregates, existential suffering, and grahyagrahakavikalpa and verified the illusional nature of physical reality. In…
12. Epistemology (vii) The Five Aggregates (i) – Resolving The Mind-Body Problem
Our discussion on epistemology began with the Mind-Body Problem. There is the Mind-Body Problem because “it is not obvious how the concept of the mind and the concept of…
11. Enlightenment (ii) – Verifying The Illusional Nature of Physical Reality
Having discussed the enlightenment experience of Adyashanti when he verified Nothing but Mentality and the illusional nature of the physical universe upon his enlightenment, in…
10. Enlightenment (i) – Verifying The Nature of Human Existence
Having discussed that direct perception leads to enlightenment and that, during the enlightenment, the knowledge of the Ultimate Reality is wordlessly transmitted from the enlightened…
