NIRVANASHATKAM

[egodust]

> Namaste.
>
> Ramakrishnan writes:
>
> >Atman - _not_ a concept. What you state is the viGYAnavAdi position,
> >which says that the cognizer, cognized and cognition are all
> >modifications of the intellect, which is momentary and unreal.
>
> What I was trying to say was that any "Atman" that can be thought about
> is a concept. As long as we cling to concepts *about* Atman, we are still
> dealing with fiction.  What is the  case in the abscence of thought is my
> real concern here and (IMO) it just does not matter how anybody likes to
> think *about* that. It only matters that it is directly realized
> (without the mediation of thoughts about it).
>
> regards,
>
> -Allan Curry
>

Concur.  This also is the import behind the ajatavada doctrine of advaita,
as well as what Buddha was attempting to convey in his silence in response
to questions re the idea [and *not* the nature] of atman.

Namaste.

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