[Advaita-l] A 5th Century AD view of Vedanta (Some Comments)

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks for posting this excerpt from Bhavya's book. Could you share the URL
or any other source for this book?

This observation, in your second post //1. The adherents of Vedanta state
(prAhur): Outside [our own school] it is
extremely difficult (durlabha) to find one who [really] knows the Self
(Atman). // has a close resemblance to Shankara's line in the Brahmasutra
bhashya, 4th sutra:

// न ह्यहंप्रत्ययविषयकर्तृव्यतिरेकेण तत्साक्षी सर्वभूतस्थः सम एकः
कूटस्थनित्यः पुरुषो विधिकाण्डे तर्कसमये वा केनचिदधिगतः सर्वस्यात्मा ।//

Roughly translated, it is rendered thus: The witness of the pramatru, who
is inherent in everything, the same, One, unchanging eternal Purusha cannot
be realized in the karmakANDa or schools based on tarka.

warm regards
subrahmanian.v


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