Anatomy of Experience

By subhash, on March 17th, 2012%

Guest post by Kailasam Iyer

From the beginning:

About thirteen and a half billion years ago, something went “pop” and time began in the sense things started to happen. Our best guess about the antecedent to the “pop” is that since, to our knowledge, it had not had any effect on what happened after, it . . . → Read More: Anatomy of Experience

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YSP Study Group, Sutra 2.17

By subhash, on March 17th, 2012%

द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः संयोगो हेयहेतुः॥१७॥

draṣṭr̥-dr̥śyayoḥ saṁyogo heyahetuḥ ॥17॥

draShTRu= (of) Seer; dRushyoH=(and) Seen; saMyogaH=union, association; heya=that which is to be avoided; hetuH=cause;

Taimni

"The cause of that which is to be avoided is the union of the Seer and the Seen."

To uproot anything, we must get down to the root cause and . . . → Read More: YSP Study Group, Sutra 2.17

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YSP Study Group, Sutra 2.16

By subhash, on March 6th, 2012%

हेयं दुःखमनागतम्॥१६॥

heyaṁ duḥkham-anāgatam ॥16॥

heyaM=to be avoided; duHkham=misery; anaagatam=not yet come (future);

Taimni

"The misery which is not yet come can and is to be avoided."

Can this misery which is inherent in human life (sutra 2.15) be avoided? An orthodox religious person may believe that all sorrows and suffering will . . . → Read More: YSP Study Group, Sutra 2.16

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