Anjali @Vensonata I shall watch out for your youtube.
W. Randolph Kloetzli, a scholar specializing in Buddhist cosmological systems, thinks that Plotinus’s conception of νοῦς can help resolve problems posed by the Buddhist concept of asaṁkhyeya.
Nous and nirvana: Conversations with Plotinus - an essay in Buddhist cosmology
And two papers of interest by Dave J Yount, whose titles are self-explanatory.
The Similarity of and the Requirements for the Ultimate Experience in Buddhism Plato and Plotinus
The Similarity among the Nature of Nibbāna in Buddhism, the Good in Plato, and the One in Plotinus
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I don’t know Venerable. Just not sure Buddhism should be sold out to Monism completely.
Sure, but I offered them as “resources for the crosswalk between neoplatonism and Buddhist/Indian philosophy”, and not as things that I necessarily agree with.
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Yes of course. Please forgive my weakness. To me personally, Buddhism is a very precious refuge from exactly such questions.
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Yes, that is true. Indeed good to keep in mind!
Thank you @Dhammanando . Since @Malunkyaputta referred to MN49 a few comments back … I often feel that the ebt’s have such a playful approach to the mysterious thought world of the brahmanical sages. It helps one to reflect about things like “nous and nirvana” without the ponderous background music of religiosity.
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