Question on method of arriving at conclusions

egodust egodust at DIGITAL.NET
Fri Jul 5 17:53:46 CDT 1996


Ramakrishnan wrote:
>
> I have a question on the method of coming to conclusions in advaita. In my
> debate about the apaurusheyatva of the vedas with Shrisha Rao, he claimed that
> vedantins accept "what cannot be disproved beyond doubt as the truth". Does
> this method of analysis find acceptance among advaitins?
>

This method appears to be an invitation to philosophize which, as advaita
teaches us, is anathema to the jnanamarga.  Although philosophical analysis
has its place in the earlier stages of the marga, when the jiva approaches
the critical junction of ready departure from the clutches of the maya/mara-
vasanas, it's decidedly a deadly obstacle.

Namaskaar.



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