Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of
Nonduality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is
real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to
discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)
The reasoning is interpretable
in two ways. The egocentric interpretation is to apply it only to the waking
experience. The Soulcentric interpretation is to apply it to the three states.
The latter leads to a final settlement of the problems because it takes all
data into consideration.
If one has a belief, it is
because somebody else believes it; or the majority believes it--or it is his
own experience. Is it religious authority or religious sanction or is it based
upon a feeling of certainty? They believe it merely because it works well or is
it true. If you ask the question of Truth, it becomes a question of philosophy.
Does your belief rest upon Reason? Nearly all people want their own
imagination, not the truth.
The inferior knowledge based on religion is not the means to ‘Self’-Knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Scriptural Revelation is, therefore, absolutely necessary for this hypothesis
of cosmology, this Saguna or apara (inferior) Brahman, but not for the absolute truth of Nirguna Brahman.
The man who possesses the highest intellect can grasp Advaita, by merely hearing the truth mentioned will
know it.
Remember:~
Bhagavad Gita: ~ Reason as a means to reality. (Chap.18 verse
37)
In chap. 10 of the Bhagavad
Gita, Krishna says: ~ I cannot save you, but I can
give you Buddhi (reason). (chap. 10)
In chap. 10 of in Bhagavad Gita,
Krishna says: ~ "I have given you the most secret teaching, now reflect
over it all" Krishna plainly says reflect, think. (Verse 63 of
Chap. 18)
Mundaka Upanishad says: ~ Both states are harmful and take you away from the path of
inquiry into truth. (Page 234)
Ashtavakra Gita: ~ It is not the absence of Buddhi (Reason) that can grasp Advaita
but the man who possesses the highest intellect. Brains are necessary. Such a
man, by merely hearing the truth mentioned will know it. (Page~ 224). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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