The Philosophy of the Upanishads c6.s2.32
The Philosophy of the Upanishads c6.s2.32
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³ We may compare his exposition on sûtra 3. 3. 1, p. 843:—“How then can the question arise, whether the doctrines concerning the âtman are different or not different; for we cannot suppose the aim of the Vedânta is to teach a plurality of Brahmans, like the existing plurality of phenomena, since Brahman is one and immutable. So it is not possible that concerning the immutable Brahman various doctrines should exist; for to suppose that the actual fact is one thing, and the knowledge of it another, is necessarily a mistake. And even supposing that in the different Vedânta texts various doctrines were taught concerning the immutable Brahman, only one of these could be true; the remainder on the other hand would be false, and the con-
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- Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit