Guest guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 advaitin , ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva wrote: > > > Namaste All, > Now that 'Methods of Knowledge' has been accepted as a > useful text may I direct the members' attention to page 69 in which Swami > Satprakashananda deals with the thought of Berkeley and its implications > for Advaita. He writes: > > " But according to Sankara, the existences of sensible objects do not > depend on their perceptions; perceived or unperceived they exist as such. > Jadunath Sinha aptly observes: > " Berkeley argues that the existence of a sensible object consists in being > perceived - esse is percipi - and therefore it is an idea of the mind. > Sankara on the other hand, argues that an object is perceived because it > actually exists external to the mind; an object is distinctly perceived as > existing independent of the act of perception. No one can argue a fact of > experience out of existence. " . (Sinha's book/Indian Realism) > > Best Wishes, > Michael > Namaste,Michaelji,IMHO, Within illusion as John Lennon said 'anything is possible'. Both positions are not incorrect. An object at one level exist separate from the observer and its perception, at another more deeper level it is just part of a energy soup and is not differentiated but the potential to differentiate is there as it is all part of the Universal Mind/Mahat. This all really shows that nothing really happens at all...........Hu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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