THE RATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ADVAITA DHARMA: A Departure from Mimamsa
The following versicle is traditionally believed to contain the quintessence of Sankara-Vedanta: Brahma satyam jaganmithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah. : Brahman alone is true, i.e., Brahman is the sole Reality; the world is mithya or false, and man is not different from Brahman. Often the word maya is...
| Published in: | Journal of Dharma |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dharmaram College
1980
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Journal of Dharma
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| Further subjects: | B
Brahman-Jiva
B Advaita Dharma B Mimansa B Mystic Experience B World B God B Brahma-Sakshatkara B Sankara |
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| Summary: | The following versicle is traditionally believed to contain the quintessence of Sankara-Vedanta: Brahma satyam jaganmithya, jivo brahmaiva naparah. : Brahman alone is true, i.e., Brahman is the sole Reality; the world is mithya or false, and man is not different from Brahman. Often the word maya is substituted for mithya; and then the popular translation would be : 'Ged alone exists, the whole world is a grand illusion, and man is non-different from Gcd '. The moment the Advaita-Vedanta of Sri Sankara is exposed this way, it becomes the target of fierce attacks from the opponents; and it is the religio-ethical aspect of Sankara-Advaita that becomes the focus of the fiercest attacks from its adversaries. They argue: 'If only Brahman exists, and the whole world of men and beings is a mental fiction or a mirage, where is the rational foundation for any religion or ethics or morality? Therefore, Sankara-Advaita digs the grave of all ethics and morality. ' Even great thinkers like Albert Schweitzer and John McKenzie have argued on these lines. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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