http://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2010/09/18/bodhinatha-in-california-truths-of-the-sages/ News from the Hindu monastery on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA Sat, 25 May 2013 07:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2010/09/18/bodhinatha-in-california-truths-of-the-sages/#comment-1450 kailash dhaksinamurthi Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:02:32 +0000 http://himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/?p=7076#comment-1450 And also many similarities with Plato's theory of Forms! That's the dialectic most philosphers have struggled to grasp and explain--the relationship of form and appearance. Plato also argued that for true understanding awareness must be drawn away from the senses. Plato's famous "Allegory of the Cave" is so similar to Hinduism--What can we do to be aware of the causes of the shadows projected on us through the forms of our limited consciousness? And also many similarities with Plato’s theory of Forms! That’s the dialectic most philosphers have struggled to grasp and explain–the relationship of form and appearance. Plato also argued that for true understanding awareness must be drawn away from the senses. Plato’s famous “Allegory of the Cave” is so similar to Hinduism–What can we do to be aware of the causes of the shadows projected on us through the forms of our limited consciousness?

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