[Advaita-l] Regarding the Pancharatra, Shankara is one with Purvamimamsa

[V Subrahmanian]

2018-07-19 13:49 GMT+05:30 Kalyan <kalyan_kg at yahoo.com>:

> //Thus Shankara clearly brings out the idea that the Mahabharata is not
> upholding the Kapila's doctrine of many selves. //
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> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12c050.htm
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> "Rudra said, 'Self-born thou art. ***Many are the Purushas that have been
> created by thee***. Others again, O Brahma, are being created by thee. The
> Infinite Purusha, however, of whom thou speakest, is one and single. Who is
> that ***foremost of Purushas***, O Brahma, that is being meditated by thee?
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> "Brahma said, 'O son, ***many are those Purushas of whom thou speakest***.
> The one Purusha, however, of whom I am thinking, ***transcends all
> Purushas*** and is invisible.
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> The ***many Purushas*** that exist in the universe have that one Purusha
> as their basis; and since that one Purushas is said to be the source
> ***whence all the innumerable Purushas have sprung***, hence all the
> latter, if they succeed in divesting themselves of attributes, become
> competent to enter into that one Purusha who is identified with the
> universe, who is supreme, who is the foremost of the foremost, who is
> eternal, and who is himself divested of and is above all attributes."
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> Vaisampayana said, In the speculations of the ***Sankhya and the Yoga***
> systems ***many Purushas*** have been spoken of, O jewel of Kuru's race.
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The catch is here:  //  speculations of the ***Sankhya and the Yoga***
systems ***many Purushas*** have been spoken of, // It is the
speculation.    And here:

// The ***many Purushas*** that exist in the universe have that //one
Purusha as their basis; and since that one Purushas is said to be the
source//   ***whence all the innumerable Purushas have sprung***, hence all
the latter,// if they succeed in divesting themselves of attributes,
//become competent to enter into *that one Purusha *who is identified with
the universe, who is supreme, who is the foremost of the foremost, who is
eternal, and who is himself divested of and is above all attributes."///

This is the Advaita of one purusha.

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