One path or many paths?

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Anand Hudli wrote:

>   >Yet we find the idea of multiple paths being proclaimed by many.
>   >I also find it difficult to understand the Shruthi vakyam Ekam Sat Vipro
>   >Bahudha Vadanti.
>
>    "ekaM sadvipraa bahudhaa vadanti" does not assert that there are
>     multiple paths to Sat or Reality. Rather it says  that the sages call
>     the one Reality by different _names_. This becomes clear if you look at
>     the context of the mantra from the Rg Veda:
>

Plus it doesn't even really say sages.  Vipra is always used as a synonym
for Brahman (the caste.) But that would be a little politically incorrect
for the modernists.

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