Greetings,
I can tell this topic and associated books are going to require multiple
readings. I must admit this much detail makes me wail in agony so I present a
paragraph to maybe peak someone else's interest.
"Abhidharma thus became, in Bhikkhu Bodhi's words, a "phenomenological
psychology" whose "primary concern ... is to understand the nature of
experience, and thus the reality on which it focuses is conscious reality, the
world as given in experience". But what does a "phenomenological psychology"
mean? And what is a "unit or constituent of experience"? And how is all this
related to vijnana, the central concept of this book? ...".
(Waldron, W.,'The 'Buddhist Unconscious': The Alaya-Vijnana in the
Context of Indian Buddhist Thought', p.51)
Marsha:
"Conscious reality, the world as given in experience"? Experience? Value?
Consciousness? There's "Consciousness can be described as a process of
defining Dynamic Quality." (LC). And "‘Static quality’ refers to anything that
can be conceptualised and is a synonym for the conditioned in Buddhist
philosophy." (MoQ Textbook). Gee, how can anyone help but be interested in
learning more.
Marsha
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