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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 58 The objector speaks: Avidyā is proposed by us for two reasons: (i) the Vedas have mentioned it and (ii) the teaching that the individual soul is identical to Brahman … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 51 The objector speaks: But you too should admit of a soul which is of the nature of conscious and that is self-luminous. It is necessary for this light to … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 45 The objector speaks. The refutation of asatkāryavāda is done only to teach that illusion cannot exist without a substratum. There is only one truth, pure consciousness, which distorted by … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 40 An objection can be raised. In the śṛti-vākya (Vedic passage) “sadeva somya! idamagra āṣīt, ekameva advitīyam”, the words ekameva (only one) and sadeva (only Sat) contain the emphasis only … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 35 If the true nature of the Brahman always shines by itself (svayaṃprakāśa), there cannot be the super-imposition (adhyāsa) of another attribute (dharma) on the Brahman. For example, if the … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 31 Also, there must not be an interpretation of the conclusion of the discourse which rivals the beginning of the discourse. The beginning of the discourse said that the Brahman … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous   The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 28 But, when the Brahman is taught as ‘pure knowledge’, does it not mean that the Brahman is knowledge without all attributes? No it does not. Words which signify … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 21 What does it mean for the Brahman to be the self of all? Is the Brahman essentially identified with everything else or is it related in the way of … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita Passage 15 The father seeks to clarify to the son what he has in mind. The Brahman’s true character is consciousness and bliss untainted by blemish. Its glory is endless. It … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The comprehension of the import of Vedas Criticism of Advaita From here starts a criticism of Advaita followed by criticisms of the two Bhedābheda schools.   Passage 9 In the first of interpretations presented (namely that of Advaita), careful scholars of … Read more