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The System of Vedantic Thought and Culture

1925

: (1) the theoretical determination of the nature of substance or reality underlying experience and of the origin of knoledge and (2) the ethical problem of duty and the ultimate ideal of human life—have been thoroughly discussed in the Vedanta and their solutions offered. [...] The first problem which the Vedantin seeks to solve is the Ontological problem of Reality the second the problem of Cosmology the third the problem of Psychology while the fourth is the last problem The Problems. [...] The state of dreamless sleep would thus imply (1) the feeling of the want of concrete experience (2) the consciousness of this ignorance and (3) the consequent feeling of delight.' The author of Vivarana characterises this state as one in which we have a triple modification of the primal ignorance in the form of consciousness as witnessing as bliss and as not knowing ' Vide Chapter III. [...] The real significance of it is to impress upon our mind the identity of our being with the Absolute and not the synthesis of the two. [...] As soon as we come down from the concept of Being as the transcendent reality and get to the realm of appearances we cannot get rid of the duality and mutual reciprocity of subject and object of Reality and Appearance ; and so long as the sense of duality persists the realm of appearances is supposed to be real but we fail in our attempt of defining its nature.

philosophy religion
Pages
333
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145347
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v Mahendra Sircar view
Chapter 1
1-30 Mahendra Sircar view
Chapter II. Appearence
31-120 Mahendra Sircar view
Chapter III. Cosmology and Psychology of Vedanta
121-217 Mahendra Sircar view
Chapter IV. Culture
218-273 Mahendra Sircar view
Chapter V. Realisation and Freedom
274-308 Mahendra Sircar view
Conclusion
309-317 Mahendra Sircar view
List of Authorities and Sources
318-321 Mahendra Sircar view
Index
322-328 Mahendra Sircar view

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