"Unit of time" Quotes from Famous Books
... entity like the Nyaya-Vais'e@sika. Time represents the order of moments in which the mind grasps the phenomenal changes. It is hence a construction of the mind (buddhi-nirma@na). The time required by an atom to move its own measure of space is called a moment (k@sa@na) or one unit of time. Vijnana Bhik@su regards one unit movement of the gu@nas or reals as a moment. When by true wisdom the gu@nas are perceived as they are both the illusory notions of time and space vanish. Vyasabha@sya, Tattvavais'aradi, and Yogavarttika, III. ... — A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta |