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For example, a being that resides in Kama-loka experiences predominantly sensual desires, whereas a being in Rupa-loka will experience deep meditation. [1] Various early suttas also suggest that there is a close relationship between psychology and cosmology, equating to different levels of existence in the cosmos, which can be interpreted as ...
Advaita Vedanta refers to the three meanings that all words and sentences carry – the primary or direct meaning, the implied meaning and the suggested meaning. The implied meaning, known as Lakshana, is of three kinds – Jahallakshana which consists in discarding the direct meaning in favour of the indirect or implied meaning, Ajahallakshana in which the direct meaning is not completely ...
Gnanam went to a small school in Soukyapuram and did well in his studies. Since the school only had classes up to fourth grade, his mother sent him to a bigger school in a close-by town. He spent around one year at that school and returned back home due to accommodation issues. [10]
Due to avidya, we're steeped in loka drsti, the empirical view. [167] From the beginning we only perceive the empirical world of multiplicity, taking it to be the only and true reality. [ 167 ] [ 168 ] Due to avidyā there is ignorance, or nescience, of the real Self, Atman-Brahman , mistakenly identifying the Self with the body-mind complex.
Gnanam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. Gnanam (1932–2017), Indian educationist; A. Y. S. Gnanam (1922–2007), Sri Lankan businessman; Bombay Gnanam (fl. 1989), Indian actress
A. Gnanam (5 October 1932 – 16 May 2017) was an educationist who served as the second Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University from 1991 to 2007. Career [ edit ]
Bhuloka or Earth where humans live. The sphere of the Earth or Bhuloka (‘Bhu’ means ‘Earth’ and ‘loka’ means the surface of the Earth), comprehending its oceans, mountains, and rivers, extends as far as it is illuminated by the rays of the Sun and Moon; and to the same extent, both in diameter and circumference, the sphere of the sky (Bhuvaloka) spreads above it (as far upwards as ...
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language argues that English has a "weakly grammaticalized" gender, which is based only on pronoun agreement. This gender system involves two subsystems: one involving the distinctions between the personal pronouns he , she , and it and another involving the distinctions between the relative pronouns who and ...