--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > cardemaister wrote: > > Anyone know where one could find them on the Net? > > > Erik - Yes, you can find Nagarjuna's negations on the > net and in various books about Indian philosophy. There > are actually eight negations proposed by Nagarjuna > (circa 200 AD). > > Well, I don't know where Judy got the impression that > Nagarjuna had anything to say about the Indian term > 'Brahman', since Nagarjuna was a Middle Way Buddhist > writing before the advent of Adwaita; from Ken Wilber, > I guess. She failed to credit her citation. Whoops!
Here's what Judy actually wrote: > The thing about Brahman, as Ken Wilber points > out, is that It is "One without a second," One > without an opposite. If you say It is X, that > means It is not not-X, which gives not-X an > existence independent of Brahman; it gives > Brahman an opposite, a second. Whether Nagarjuna used the term "Brahman" or whether he preceded Shankara's Advaita is, of course, entirely irrelevant to this discussion.
