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The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c6.s2.t2: 2. Definition of the Brahman

The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c6.s2.t2

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2. Definition of the Brahman

c6.s2.t2.1

(p. 38, 2:) “The cause, from which [proceeds] the origin or subsistence, and dissolution of this world which is extended in names and forms, which includes many agents and enjoyers, which contains the fruit of works specially determined according to space, time and cause, a world which is formed after an arrangement inconceivable even for the spirit, this omniscient and omnipotent cause is the Brahman.”

c6.s2.t2.2

(p. 90, 3:) “Brahman is the omniscient and omnipotent cause of the origin, persistence and passing away of the world.”