Non-dual Awareness and Logic
Frank J. Hoffman
Asian Philosophy July 1, 2001 DOI: 10.1080/09552360120087886 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 7 |
| Key points | Argues that statements of the form 'p and not-p' can have religious meaning in Buddhism, and that the Diamond Sutra's phrase 'A is not A, therefore it is A' gains personal religious significance, rather than ordinary factual meaning, through the meditator's movement from pre-meditative to meditative to post-meditative states. |
Abstract
The thesis of this paper is that the question of whether and how statements of the form 'p and not-p' can have religious meaning in Buddhism can be answered in the affirmative and how in terms of a movement from pre-meditative to meditative state to a post-meditative state in life. The paper focuses on the Diamond Sutra in light of Shigenori Nagatomo's study (Asian Philosophy Vol. 10, No. 3, 2000) and advances an additional line of inquiry. This view emphasises the process in the meditation learning curve from pre-meditative to meditative to post-meditative states that provides the personal religious significance (but not ordinary factual meaning) when the phrase 'A is not A, therefore it is A' is used in the Diamond Sutra.