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Eastern Monism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eastern Monism #1- Prime Reality | a oneness behind all distinctions of space and time, good and evil, illusion and reality |
| eastern monism #2- External Reality | material reality is an illusion, a projection of the one into the many |
| eastern monism #3- Human Beings | a spark of the divine capable of being reunited with ultimate reality |
| eastern monism #4- Death | reincarnation based on how one has lived: karma |
| eastern monism #5- Knowledge | a participation in the illusory character of external reality. there is no knowledge as such |
| eastern monism #6- Morality | no final distinction between good or evil |
| eastern monism #7- History | human life has no determinate purpose as such, the goal of each person is to get off the wheel of reincarnation and be united with ultimate reality |
| eastern monism #8- Core Commitments | to return to ones origin i the infinite-impersonal one |