The Concept of the Vyāvahārika in Advaita Vedānta |
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Page 147
... causing the subsequent one , we compro- mise with logical consistency . While we assert that every event must have a cause , we have no reason to suppose an uncaused cause . If a particular event in the series could be uncaused , why ...
... causing the subsequent one , we compro- mise with logical consistency . While we assert that every event must have a cause , we have no reason to suppose an uncaused cause . If a particular event in the series could be uncaused , why ...
Page 173
... cause for its production as much as a material cause . Prakṛti must have been acted upon by an intelligent being . Just as clay and similar substances are seen to fashion themselves into various forms if worked upon by potters and the ...
... cause for its production as much as a material cause . Prakṛti must have been acted upon by an intelligent being . Just as clay and similar substances are seen to fashion themselves into various forms if worked upon by potters and the ...
Page 177
... cause and effect is relative . What is the cause in respect of its effect is itself an effect with regard to something else . An uncaused cause , or a first cause , is an unwarr- anted assumption . If Brahman is the cause of the world ...
... cause and effect is relative . What is the cause in respect of its effect is itself an effect with regard to something else . An uncaused cause , or a first cause , is an unwarr- anted assumption . If Brahman is the cause of the world ...
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According to Advaita action Advaitin analysis antaḥkaraṇa appearance Atman attainment avidya beauty bhakti bhakti-yoga BhGB bliss bondage Brahma-sūtra Brahmaloka Bṛhadāraṇyaka buddhi caitanya cause cognition common concept creation deep sleep desire devotion distinction dream emotional empirical enjoyment fact final discipline finite Hence Hiriyanna ideal identity illusory infinite internal organ Isvara jiva jivanmukta jñāna jñāna-yoga kāma karma mahāvākyas matter māyā means meditation mind mokṣa moral nididhyāsana Nirguna Brahman non-different non-dual non-dual Brahman non-real not-Self notion object pāramārthika perceive perception philosophy pleasure pramāņa preliminary discipline pure consciousness pure existence qualities rasa type realized reason reference regard release result Saguna Brahman Sankhya scripture selfish sense soul spirit Sri Sankara Sri Sankara says Sri Sankara's commentary śruti stage sublated superimposition teaching theory things tion true nature truth ultimate reality Upanisads upāsana Veda Vedanta vṛtti vyāvahārika waking yoga yukti