A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy c4.s3.8

c4.s3.8

(i) The complete philosophy of Śāṇḍilya is preserved for us in that small section of the Chhāndogya, namely, III. 14, where Śāṇḍilya formulates for us the main doctrines of his philosophy. In the first place, he gives us the cosmological proof of the Absolute which he calls “Tajjalān”, that from which things are born, to which they repair and in which they live. Secondly, he teaches the doctrine of Karmanand says that fate alone betakes a man in the next world for which he has paved the way by his works in this life. In the third place, he gives us a characterisation of Ātman in thoroughly positive terms. This stands against the later negative theology of Yājñavalkya. Fourthly,