Author Archives: John Willemsens

The Distinction between Advaya and Advaita

In all the three absolutisms [Madhyamaka, Vijñanavada and Vedanta] the highest knowledge is conceived as Intuition, beyond all traces of duality. A distinction must, however, be made between the advaya of the Madhyamaka and the advaita of the Vedanta, although in the end it may turn out be one of emphasis of approach. Advaya is knowledge free from theContinue reading “The Distinction between Advaya and Advaita”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 36 (2336) – samyag-ajiva

To continue with this third quarter’s 13-week Advayavada Study Plan (ASP), during this week, week 36 (which is the same as weeks 23 and 10), we shall crucially implement personally and professionally our improved way of life as best as possible. This task is based on the 5th step on the Noble 8fold Path: samma-ajivaContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 36 (2336) – samyag-ajiva”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 31 (2331) – madhyamapratipada

The purpose of this autonomous and open-ended 13-week Advayavada Study Plan (ASP), which can conveniently be repeated four times in a calendar year, is that we study and debate in a local group, the family circle or with good friends the meaning and implications of the weekly subject, not as a formal and impersonal intellectualContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 31 (2331) – madhyamapratipada”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 27 (2327) – anityalakshana

Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 27 (2327) – anityalakshana”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 26 (2326) – samyak-samadhi

Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 26 (2326) – samyak-samadhi”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 25 (2325) – samyak-smriti

Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 25 (2325) – samyak-smriti”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 24 (2324) – samyag-vyayama

Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 24 (2324) – samyag-vyayama”

Advayavada Study Plan – week 23 (2323) – samyag-ajiva

Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 23 (2323) – samyag-ajiva”