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Нишката, станът и зависимият произход – във и отвъд линейното време (Древна Индия)
The Thread, the Loop, and the Dependent Origination – In and Beyond Linear Time (Ancient India)

Author(s): Gergana Ruseva
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Cultural history, History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Non-European Philosophy, Comparative history, History of ideas, Ancient World
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: linear time; goddesses of fate; dependent origination; Ṛgveda; Atharvaveda; Saṃyuttanikāyo

Summary/Abstract: The present study traces and analyzes the ideas of linear time as depicted in some of the texts of the Ṛgveda, the Atharvaveda, the Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa and the Mahābhārata, and as presented in the texts of early Buddhism. From the thread of fate, which is the path of man, narrative, identity, through the web woven by day and night or by the two goddesses of fate, through the web of sacrifice, to dependent origination in early Buddhism, all these images and ideas are closely related with the notion of linear time. To go beyond this linear time, beyond the notion of LIFE IS A JOURNEY, is a penetration into the unspeakable, “into” the world beyond, “into” freedom.

  • Issue Year: 32/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 373-393
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian