PHILO RV3-TRANSCENDENCE Flashcards
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Transcendence LATIN
Transcendere:
(from Latin) means of climbing or going beyond,
The concept of transcendence, together with its paired concept immanence, is a common philosophical term and is used by many philosophers.
The concept of transcendence, together with its paired concept immanence, is a common philosophical term and is used by many philosophers.
The meaning of the concept of transcendence more or less differs according to each philosopher’s framework of thought.
The meaning of the concept of transcendence more or less differs according to each philosopher’s framework of thought.
often refers to an experience with the divine or God, which is conceived as absolute, eternal, and infinite.
TRANSCENDENCE
Appreciating art has transcendent existence.
Knowledge and law require transcendence.
Scientific knowledge and laws transcend simple, phenomenal things to abstract.
Appreciating art has transcendent existence.
Knowledge and law require transcendence.
Scientific knowledge and laws transcend simple, phenomenal things to abstract.
ON TRANSCENDENCE:
“There is no other way for us to find who we are than by finding in ourselves the Divine Image. We have to struggle to regain spontaneous and vital awareness of our own spirituality”
SINO NAGSABI
-Thomas Merton
is identified with the divine image in our soul.
Spirituality in us
[] is Self-Hood
BRAHMAN [HINDUISM]
The core of Hinduism
man’s quest for absolute truth: [HINDUISM]
The core of Hinduism is man’s quest for absolute truth:
that one’s soul and Brahman (the Absolute Truth) might become one. [HINDUISM]
God first created [], then the universe arose from it.
sound [HINDUISM]
is the most sacred sound and everything exists and continues to hold everything together.
AUM (OM) [HINDUISM]
Humans have a dual nature:
The spiritual and immortal essence (soul) and the empirical and character. [HINDUISM]
Humans have a dual nature: the spiritual and immortal essence (soul) and the empirical and character.
Between the two, the [] is ultimately real. The body is nothing more than an illusion, an obstacle to self-realization.
SOUL [HINDUISM]
The [] is nothing more than an illusion, an obstacle to self-realization.
body [HINDUISM]
[] is immortal but is bound by the Law of Karma in the world of matter
SOUL [HINDUISM]
may only be escaped after spiritual progress through an endless series of births.
KARMA [HINDUISM]
Humanity’s basic goal in life is the
liberation (MAKSHA) of the spirit (JIVA) [HINDUISM]
HUMAN LIFE Is a continuous cycle {ANO TAWAG DITO]
(SAMSARA) [HINDUISM]
The soul is neither born nor does it die, the body goes through a transmigratory series of birth and death
(SAMSARA) [HINDUISM]
Doctrine that says a person’s soul passes into some other creature (human or animal.
The good go to an upward scale, the evil pass into the body of an animal.
TRANSMIGRATION OR METEMPSYCHOSIS:
ULTIMATE LIBERATION (FREEDOM FROM REBIRTH)
happens when a person achieves emancipation resulting to a total realization of spiritual nature and transcient character of the body.
an enlightened state:
attainment of one’s true selfhood and one becomes one with the One, Ultimate and All-Comprehensive Reality: Brahman.
Moksha (hinduism)
TRANSCENDENCE IN BUDDHISM
Like the stars fading
and vanishing at dawn,
Like bubbles on a fast moving stream,
Like morning dewdrops evaporating on blades of grass,
Like a candle flickering
in a stormy wind,
echoes, mirages, and phantoms,
hallucinations, and like a dream
Sino nagsabi
The Buddha
