John Dunne: Unsaying, Not Knowing, and Pointing at the Moon: Language and Non-dual Practice (Part 3 of 8)

Summary: Episode Description: “Conceptuality and therefore language is ignorance,” John Dunne says, in quoting the 7th century Indian philosopher Dharmakirti’s discourses. In untangling and deconstructing the arguments of why, Dunne says, “we think categories exist in the world somehow, that we’re not producing them… When I say ‘cup’ or ‘apple’ to you, you get an image in your consciousness, and in some sense you think of that image as actually being an apple.” He says, “we already have the capacity right away to see through the ways in which our own thoughts about the world can control us… We can train that capacity, it’s a technique in meditation practice.”<br> To help keep these podcasts freely available, we hope you will consider making a suggested donation of $25 to our <a title="Give to Upaya's Dharma Podcast Fund" href="https://www.upaya.org/give/fund.php?id=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dharma Podcast Fund</a>.<br> <br> For Series description, please visit <a title="Part 1" href="https://www.upaya.org/2018/03/dunne-language-nondual-practice-1-8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Part 1</a>.<br> To access the entire series, please click on the link below:<br><br> <a title="John Dunne Upaya Podcast Series: Language and Non-dual Practice" href="https://www.upaya.org/2018/04/dunne-language-nondual-practice-series-8-parts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunne Upaya Podcast Series: Language and Non-dual Practice</a><br>