RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Artha, Asteya, Aparigraha
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Epistemology the area of philosophy that has to do with how we know things: our acquisition of knowledge, both. How we know it: hindu perception of what reality is. Things seem to be a certain way our ordinary way of interacting within the world, experiencing the world: diversity, plurality. Ontology questions of ultimacy or reality: what is reality, how we define what reality is. Is identified with the ultimate goal of freedom from samsara or enlightenment. If here i am, i have decied that i am fed up with living in the world, no enchantments, i want bigger answers to bigger questions, hwo do i go about it: 3 major ways. We"re looking to change our perspective or way of thinking so that instead of operating for oneself, you take a more expansive view of what life is. Doing actions on duty rather than individual desire.
