Greetings, Friendlies! In Part 8 we considered the modularity of brain organization. So what? Well, at the 50,000 foot level, if avijjā resides primarily in not understanding the kind of beings we are, then understanding brain function is a movement towards less avijjā. But let’s zoom from 50,000 to, say, 20,000 feet and ask again, […]
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Perhaps. Regarding Viññāṇa, I first heard the phrasing “Consciousness Of” from John Peacock’s “Buddhism Before the Theravada” series (Part 5, 53:45): “…consciousness is always a consciousness of…” something. That is, Gotama spoke of consciousness always having an object. (MN 38) “Consciousness is reckoned according to the very same condition dependent upon which it arises. Consciousness that […]
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Models of Perception
Sometimes a random note in a pile of paper opens up the most delicious rabbit hole. I offer you the fruit of an evening’s fall in to, and subsequent scramble out of, said hole. You’re welcome! [28DEC2021 Note: I mistakenly understood the Pāli word “Viññāṇa” to be translated as “Perception”. Today I realized I had […]
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