Posted September 25th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan
How did the three systems of Vedanta philosophy, namely Advaita, Visishtadvaita and Dvaita come about?
The question can be answered with a little bit of background on the Upanishads.The Upanishads are of three types namely bheda sruti, abheda sruti and ghataka sruti.
What is the Bheda sruti?
There are many passages in the Vedas, [...]
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Posted September 18th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan
Please explain how you say that the soul is different from the body?
When I say “this is my book”, I mean the book belongs to me. The book is obviously something different from myself.
Similarly, I say “this is my body”. So, the body is different from myself. Here, the [...]
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Posted September 17th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan
What is an authority (Pramana)?
An authority is something from which we learn truths. We consider the Vedas, as the basic authority We also use logic and arguments to arrive at the truths, in addition to learning from the Vedas.
Such things from which we learn the truths or arrive at [...]
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