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Posted: 31 Aug 2013

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Samadhi Buddha

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Our means of perceiving reality through our senses make us vulnerable to distortions and biases. But with scientific methodologies, can we claim that perception of objective reality is indeed possible? OR objective reality only in the context of known knowledge of the time/period?

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 Dinesh
Dinesh club
. . . He (Ziegenbalg) did not know that the Sanskrit word ‘sramana’ (“one who strives”) denotes a wandering monks or ascetic in the religious traditions of ancient India and that Mahavir (599-527 B.C.E) the founder of Jainism, and also Gautama Buddha had been leaders of ‘Sramana’ movements. Some such movements shared several of the characteristics mentioned by Zigenbalg: they denied a creator God and some traditional divinities, rejected the Vedas as revealed texts, were by varying degrees critical of the caste system, and opposed some traditional beliefs, sacrifices, rituals, and customs as well as Brahmanic authority. Today we also know that, in the context of Jainism and Buddhism, the world ‘sramana’ had come to signify “Jaina ascetic’ and “Buddhist monk.” ~ Page 110

The Birth of Orientalism
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 Wolfgang
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Danke für die Teilnahme in unserer Gruppe "Buddha" mit diesem schönen Beitrag, Gruß Wolfgang
Thank you for joining our group "Buddha" with your amazing picture of a Buddha statue, regards Wolfgang
12 months ago. Edited 12 months ago.
Dinesh club has replied to Wolfgang club
Thank you
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