PHILO RV3-TRANSCENDENCE Flashcards

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Transcendence LATIN

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Transcendere:
(from Latin) means of climbing or going beyond,

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The concept of transcendence, together with its paired concept immanence, is a common philosophical term and is used by many philosophers.

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The concept of transcendence, together with its paired concept immanence, is a common philosophical term and is used by many philosophers.

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The meaning of the concept of transcendence more or less differs according to each philosopher’s framework of thought.

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The meaning of the concept of transcendence more or less differs according to each philosopher’s framework of thought.

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often refers to an experience with the divine or God, which is conceived as absolute, eternal, and infinite.

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TRANSCENDENCE

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Appreciating art has transcendent existence.
Knowledge and law require transcendence.
Scientific knowledge and laws transcend simple, phenomenal things to abstract.

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Appreciating art has transcendent existence.
Knowledge and law require transcendence.
Scientific knowledge and laws transcend simple, phenomenal things to abstract.

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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

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-Thomas Merton

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is identified with the divine image in our soul.

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Spirituality in us

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[] is Self-Hood

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BRAHMAN [HINDUISM]

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The core of Hinduism

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man’s quest for absolute truth: [HINDUISM]

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The core of Hinduism is man’s quest for absolute truth:

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that one’s soul and Brahman (the Absolute Truth) might become one. [HINDUISM]

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God first created [], then the universe arose from it.

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sound [HINDUISM]

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is the most sacred sound and everything exists and continues to hold everything together.

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AUM (OM) [HINDUISM]

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Humans have a dual nature:

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The spiritual and immortal essence (soul) and the empirical and character. [HINDUISM]

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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.

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SOUL [HINDUISM]

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The [] is nothing more than an illusion, an obstacle to self-realization.

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body [HINDUISM]

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[] is immortal but is bound by the Law of Karma in the world of matter

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SOUL [HINDUISM]

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may only be escaped after spiritual progress through an endless series of births.

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KARMA [HINDUISM]

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Humanity’s basic goal in life is the

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liberation (MAKSHA) of the spirit (JIVA) [HINDUISM]

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HUMAN LIFE Is a continuous cycle {ANO TAWAG DITO]

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(SAMSARA) [HINDUISM]

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The soul is neither born nor does it die, the body goes through a transmigratory series of birth and death

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(SAMSARA) [HINDUISM]

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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.

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TRANSMIGRATION OR METEMPSYCHOSIS:

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ULTIMATE LIBERATION (FREEDOM FROM REBIRTH)

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happens when a person achieves emancipation resulting to a total realization of spiritual nature and transcient character of the body.

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an enlightened state:

attainment of one’s true selfhood and one becomes one with the One, Ultimate and All-Comprehensive Reality: Brahman.

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Moksha (hinduism)

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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

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The Buddha

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Who is the founder of buddhism?

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Founder is SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA OR THE BUDDHA (560-477 BC),

SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA OR THE BUDDHA

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Prince of the Sakya clan in the Kingdom of Magadha

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Siddharta Gautama

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He turned away from polytheistic Hinduism and worldly pleasures.

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Siddharta gautama

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Sought answers to the riddle of life’s sufferings, disease, old age, and death.

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Buddhism

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Explored the philosophies of Brahmanism and lived an ascetic life but failed. While resting and meditating under a grove of trees, he realized the solution lay in his own mind.

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Siddharta gautama

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Began to teach “DHARMA” (LAW OF SALVATION):

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Siddharta gautama

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right spiritual attitude, self discipline so bodily desires may be redirected .

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“DHARMA” (LAW OF SALVATION):

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Liberation from pain and misery through transformation of the mind, removing vanity.

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Buddhism

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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

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Life is full of suffering

Suffering is caused by passionate desires, lusts, cravings.

Suffering will cease when these are obliterated.

This may be done by following the Eightfold Path.

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led to Eightfold path to Arhatsip (Perfect Character) to Nirvana (Enlightenment)

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Four noble truth

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THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH

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RIGHT VIEW (sammā diṭṭhi),

RIGHT INTENTION (sammā saṅkappa),

RIGHT SPEECH (sammā vācā),

RIGHT ACTION (sammā kammanta),

RIGHT LIVELIHOOD (sammā ājīva),

RIGHT EFFORt (sammā vāyāma),

RIGHT MINDFULNESS (sammā sati),

RIGHT CONCENTRATION (sammā samādhi).”

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Self-Denial

Discipline of mind and body

Consuming love for all creatures

Achievement of the state of consciousness

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SALVATION IN BUDDHISM

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Preparation for Nirvana:

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Law of Cause and Effect (KARMA) is overcome,

Cycle of Rebirth is broken, and lead to eternal bliss.

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TRANSCENDENCE IN CHRISTIANITY

“Faith is to believe

what you do not see;
The reward of this faith
is to see what you believe.”
“You have made our hearts
for yourself, Oh Lord.
And our hearts are restless
until they rest in you.”

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Saint augustine

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God revealed himself through the prophets in the life of the Chosen People (HEBREWS)

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In the old testament

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GOD EXISTS

Seeks to find out if the existence of God is the best explanation of the existence of the world.

For Christians, the existence of God is not a hypothesis but a REALITY.

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Theistic hypothesis

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is a constant presence rather than a being whose existence is only an evidence.

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God

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scripture indicates the proving the existence of God is pointless, like proving the air that we breathe.

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JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

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is amor sapiential (love of wisdom),

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Philosophy ayon kay saint augustine

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its aim is to produce happiness

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Philosophy

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is not just an abstract logical construction but is substantially existent as the Divine Logos.

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Wisdom

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philosophy is the love of God, it is religious.

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Ergo

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CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY is based on the love of God. Sabi nino

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(St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Anselm)

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CHRISTIANITY is the full revelation of the true God. We can only love what we know. Sino nagsabi

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St. Augustine

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How do we attain the knowledge about God?

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FIDES QUAERENS INTELLECTUM

(Faith seeks understanding-St. Anselm of Canterbury).

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even if we accept that our senses always make us doubt them, we cannot doubt that we doubt.

It is an absolute certainty that we doubt.

Since we doubt, we are living and rational beings.

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St. Augustine

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THREE LEVELS OF EXISTENCE

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mere being, living being, and rational being.

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Lowest form of knowledge is based

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Sensation

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is a rational substance constituted of soul and body (St. Augustine).

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Man

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Human beings have the power to change themselves and things for the better.

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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS:

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The human being is the moral agent: we are both bodily and spiritual elements, we have a conscience: a responsibility of choosing good over evil.

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SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES AND SUMMA THEOLOGICA:

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the transmigration of souls

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Reincarnation or metempsychosis: HINDUISM:

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KARMA AND REINCARNATION

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HINDUISM:

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as mentioned in the Upanishads:
Everything in life is a consequence of actions performed in previous existence.

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Karma

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KARMA in salvation can be achieved by

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By living good lives,

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There is nothing mightier in this world than [] , it tramples all powers

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Karma

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NIRVANA

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BUDDHISM:

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state of total freedom from bondages and attachments, It means overcoming the cause of suffering.

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NIRVANA:

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is attained when one is unencumbered from the fetters of a human being to existence, there is perfect knowledge, perfect peace, and perfect wisdom.

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NIRVANA

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one attains wisdom, and desires nothing for himself but alwatsys works for the well-being and liberation of his fellow humans.

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NIRVANA:

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not too passive (inactive) but not too active he is focused in the world. yung sakto lang pagsumobra, di maganda

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MIDDLE WAY:

66
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WILL AND LOVE

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SAINT AUGUSTINE AND SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

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we are physically free but we are bound by the Law. Eternal Law is God himself: humanity must do well and avoid evil-our moral oblicaton as human beings.

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ST. AUGUSTINE:

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Christians are called to holiness:

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to be saints, holiness can be attained in the ordinary. “The call to holiness is not just for priests and religious, or other seemingly pious people, but to each and every one of us” (Lumen Gentium), Vatican II)
Everyone is called to holiness.
Jesus is our model of holiness.

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Perfection of love:

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Caritas.

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Dues Caritas est.

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God is Love. THERESE OF LISIEUX

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Perfection of Love: Caritas

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MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA

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Jesus is our model of holiness

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GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA

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Everyone is called to holiness.

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LOUIE AND ZELIE MARTIN

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We have different paths but the same goal.

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MATTHEW TALBOT

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Holiness in the Midst of Suffering

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MARIA GORETTI

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Holiness in the Ordinary

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CARLO ACUTIS

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Holiness in Public Affairs and Government

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THOMAS MORE

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Holiness in the Prayer

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TERESA OF AVILA