Interdisciplinary Study of Religions Program and Philosophy Program Present
"Nonconceptual Awareness and Buddhist Meditation"
Monday, March 13, 2017
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
John Spackman4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Middlebury College
In some parts of the Buddhist tradition, meditation and other Buddhist practices are viewed as leading to a state of non-conceptual awareness (nirvikalpajñāna) that is different from our ordinary conceptual mode of awareness. In this presentation I seek to understand the nature of this non-conceptual awareness, draw on several different models of it, and consider several challenges faced by these models. I propose an alternative model of non-conceptual awareness that locates it in a form of non-dual awareness.
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Time: 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium