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Page 285
... body that for some schools is nothing but an illusory appearance of eternal reality . The enjoyment ( or bliss ) body ( sambhoga - kāya ) is the body to which contem- plation can ascend . At the higher stages of supramundane ...
... body that for some schools is nothing but an illusory appearance of eternal reality . The enjoyment ( or bliss ) body ( sambhoga - kāya ) is the body to which contem- plation can ascend . At the higher stages of supramundane ...
Page 557
... bodies are no more than very complicated machines . For Cartesians , the human body , for example , does not die because the soul leaves it , as the Aristotelians say ; the soul leaves because the body disintegrates . According to the ...
... bodies are no more than very complicated machines . For Cartesians , the human body , for example , does not die because the soul leaves it , as the Aristotelians say ; the soul leaves because the body disintegrates . According to the ...
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... body by willpower as magic . Mind , body , and man . Most Cartesians believed that the mind and body interact . When asked how , Régis gave the standard Cartesian reply that human beings experience it and that God can and does make ...
... body by willpower as magic . Mind , body , and man . Most Cartesians believed that the mind and body interact . When asked how , Régis gave the standard Cartesian reply that human beings experience it and that God can and does make ...
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