PHIL-201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mahayana, Abhidharma, Arhat
14 Dec 2017
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Stronger sense of do: things only have thinghood against the background of interrelatedness; requires concepts, understanding of similarity and difference, etc. To make sense of anything, we do so through concepts; think of theseus" ship the concept of being the same will impact ones answer; there is no ultimate truth or underlying answer that is correct . Reality is seen in buddhism as an undivided whole; an interconnected whole. We only get thinghood when we see that whole as divisible into concepts. In mahayana buddhism, the person sees no ultimate distinctions between people and objects. The person who realizes emptiness recognizes no self, and the ultimate reality that there is no self. Recognizes the extent of the do doctrine, in the strong sense, as well as beliefs in impermanence. The notion of emptiness draws no distinctions, however, it is not the same as brahman: Brahman is the ultimate reality, unchanging, and independent from all else.
