What does interpenetrative mean?
Interpenetrative means (mathematics, physics) Mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
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(mathematics, physics) Mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
The Building of the Sangha The Buddha later gave another sermon to his small, select audience, this time on the five so-called skandhas – form, feeling, conception, dispositions and consciousness – the interpenetrative ways in which we perceive the material world and the world presents itself to us (a theme to which I shall return later).
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Interpenetrative means (mathematics, physics) Mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
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The Building of the Sangha The Buddha later gave another sermon to his small, select audience, this time on the five so-called skandhas – form, feeling, conception, dispositions and consciousness – the interpenetrative ways in which we perceive the material world and the world presents itself to us (a theme to which I shall return later).
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