HLSC 1F90 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dukkha, Upanishads, Time Complexity
18 Jan 2018
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4,320,000 (one day of brahma) gold (4) red (3) yellow (2) black (1) Myth: those structures through which we understand our world: time, karma, duhkha = suffering, moksha = freedom, liberation, release; samsara = bondage. 432,000 maheyuga (great age) cyclic time versus linear time. Definition (1): karma is any act or deed which is undertaken at the level of individual and personal responsibility. Definition (2): karma is the cosmic-universal law which ensures that every act (definition one) receives the appropriate fruits/consequences. Egerton"s formula: desire ---> resolve ---> deed ---> fate (daivam) Compare novalis: fate and temperament are two words for the same thing. Question: how is it possible to avoid fate, period? fruit (phala) Caused by error or ignorance drs = darsana: to see or to view philosophy/religion (theory/practice) information versus transformation the human condition = suffering (duhkha) Suffering: to be conscious of a state better than the one you are in. Four legitimate goals: dharma: duty, law, righteousness, virtue.
