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The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja - Sacred Books of the East

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja - Sacred Books of the East

Thibaut, George

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ISBN10: 1153724790
ISBN13: 9781153724791
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 456
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.02 Width: 9.02 Depth: 6.00
Language: English
Excerpt: ... as being the outcome of activity. On this interpretation only the passage gives instruction about something not known before. Should it be said that this would be the case also if the subject to which the instruction refers were the true essential nature of the soul, indicated here by its connexion with karman, we reply that this would involve the (objectionable) assumption of so-called implication (lakshana), in so far namely as what the clause would directly intimate is (not the essential nature of the soul as free from karman but rather) the connexion of the soul with karman. Moreover if the intention of the passage were this, viz. to give instruction as to the soul, the latter being pointed at by means of the reference to karman, the intention would be fully accomplished by saying 'to whom karman belongs, he is to be known;' while in the text as it actually stands 'of whom this is the karman' the 'this' would be unmeaning. The meaning of the two separate clauses 'who is the maker of those persons' and 'of whom this is the work' is as follows. He who is the creator of those persons whom you called Brahman, and of whom those persons are the creatures; he of whom this entire world is the effect, and before whom all things sentient and non-sentient are equal in so far as being produced by him; he, the highest and universal cause, the Supreme Person, is the object to be known. The meaning implied here is-although the origination of the world has for its condition the deeds of individual souls, yet those souls do not independently originate the means for their own retributive experience, but experience only what the Lord has created to that end in agreement with their works. The individual soul, hence, cannot stand in creative relation to those persons.-What the text under discussion inculcates as the object of knowledge therefore is the highest Brahman which is known from all Vedanta-texts as the universal cause. 17. Should it be said that this...

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