<i>Kālacakra</i>: Shortlies Considerations on Time

This paper calls for a comparative reading of both the Buddhist conception of time and a branch of Western phenomenology. With special emphasis on the Madhyamaka Buddhist school, it discusses the way in which fugacity and impermanence are similarly discussed by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in...

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Main Author:	Adrián Muñoz
Format:	Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2013-05-01
Series:	Acta Poética
Subjects:	tiempo, budismo, Gaston Bachelard, impermanencia, ciclicidad.
Online Access:	https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/acta-poetica/index.php/ap/article/view/399

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spelling	doaj-ee66e9f6968a4d288bc33d4ba98d59062020-11-24T23:58:00ZspaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoActa Poética0185-30822013-05-0133210.19130/iifl.ap.2012.2.399398<i>Kālacakra</i>: Shortlies Considerations on TimeAdrián MuñozThis paper calls for a comparative reading of both the Buddhist conception of time and a branch of Western phenomenology. With special emphasis on the Madhyamaka Buddhist school, it discusses the way in which fugacity and impermanence are similarly discussed by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his L’intuition de l’instant. In both cases, the stress lies on the fact that duration is but a mental construct lacking true, absolute reality, while at the same time the human being is subjected to hopes of transcendence which, in turn, engender disillusion and delusion.https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/acta-poetica/index.php/ap/article/view/399tiempo, budismo, Gaston Bachelard, impermanencia, ciclicidad.
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description	This paper calls for a comparative reading of both the Buddhist conception of time and a branch of Western phenomenology. With special emphasis on the Madhyamaka Buddhist school, it discusses the way in which fugacity and impermanence are similarly discussed by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his L’intuition de l’instant. In both cases, the stress lies on the fact that duration is but a mental construct lacking true, absolute reality, while at the same time the human being is subjected to hopes of transcendence which, in turn, engender disillusion and delusion.
topic	tiempo, budismo, Gaston Bachelard, impermanencia, ciclicidad.
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