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The Sacred Doctrine of Brahman and Absolute Nothingness in Advaita Vedānta (Part Three)

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Vajragoni
  1. Sat-Cit-Ānanda: The Experiential Markers of Brahman

Though Brahman is beyond qualities (nirguṇa), Advaita uses a triadic formulation to indicate its experiential resonance: sat-cit-ānanda — being, consciousness, and bliss. These are not attributes of Brahman in the sense of adding qualities to it, but ways of pointing toward what realization feels like. read more

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The Unborn Mind Zen: Doctrine and Practice (Part Two)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Vajragoni
  1. Comparative Perspectives:

The Unborn is not an isolated doctrine. Rather, it sits at the crossroads of Buddhist, Hindu, and even Western mystical thought. By situating Unborn Mind Zen in dialogue with Advaita Vedānta’s Brahman and with the apophatic traditions of “Absolute Nothingness,” we gain a sharper sense of both its uniqueness and its shared insights. read more

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Brahman and Absolute Nothingness in Advaita

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Vajragoni

The Opening Invocation of Brahman

To speak of Brahman is already to fall short. In the Advaita Vedānta tradition, Brahman is the infinite, eternal, unchanging reality that underlies and transcends all phenomena. The Upaniṣads describe it not as an object of thought, not as something to be grasped through senses or concepts, but as pure being-consciousness-bliss (sat–cit–ānanda). Yet even these words are provisional; the sages warn that Brahman is beyond predicate, beyond category, beyond affirmation, and even beyond negation. read more

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