๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง-๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
It is a norm that a conclusion arrived at by one based on just one's analytical acumen will be refuted someday by some brighter intellectual. Shankara Bhagavatpada has, however, declared, "What I have propounded is not a product of independent intellection. It is only the ลruti's teaching that I have spelt out and substantiated. All of us need to bow to the authority of the ลruti, for we are vaidikas, the adherents of the Veda."
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๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง-๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
It is a norm that a conclusion arrived at by one based on just one's analytical acumen will be refuted someday by some brighter intellectual. Shankara Bhagavatpada has, however, declared, "What I have propounded is not a product of independent intellection. It is only the ลruti's teaching that I have spelt out and substantiated. All of us need to bow to the authority of the ลruti, for we are vaidikas, the adherents of the Veda." The term vaidika denotes not just a purohit (a priest who conducts religious rites), as some think, but applies to all of us who esteem the Veda. As the Veda is the fount of Advaita philosophy, we should never entertain any misgiving about it. Instead, as would be becoming of us, we should have and fortify conviction in it.
Sage Vyasa in the Brahmasutras and Bhagavatpฤda in His commentary thereon have forcefully brought out the immaculateness and unassailability of Advaita, the final purport of the Upaniแนฃads. Those who opposed Advaita and were dealt with often by Sage Vyฤsa and Bhagavatpฤda were the adherents of one of two philosophical schools, Samkhya and Vaiลeลika. Exposing the fatal fallacies in both these and neutralising the objections voiced by their votaries against Advaita Bhagavatpฤda has said, "Your tenets are riddled with irremediable shortcomings. When counter-attacked, you are, thus, at your wits end. Our position is, however, held safe by the unassailable ลruti." Apart from the ancient Samkhya and Vaiลeลika, various philosophical schools have arisen over the ages; their followers too have attempted but failed to find any weakness in Advaita.
Eminent intellectuals of other nations too are clear that Advaita is the finest among philosophies, is logical and contains answers to potential objections, while other schools are far from being so.
One must sincerely strive to grasp Advaita as expounded by Adi Shankaracharya and repeatedly contemplate on it so that you may realize the Truth. - From the book World and God: Gleanings from the Brahmasutras
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