The Teachings of Ved Nta According to R M Nuja (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... the world and the individual souls are B., and at the same time affirm that the world and souls are different from it; further he can say that B. is both the material and the efficient cause of the world, and accepting the text of the Satkaryavada say that the cause viz. B. is now different from the effect, viz. the world, and at the same time assert that B. is eternally in possession of unlimited knowledge, bliss etc., while suffering and transmutations are the lot of the souls and matter. In this way he can accept and harmonize the whole mass of seemingly contradicting Upanisad-texts without calling the greater part of them, apara. vidya' (lower knowledge) (p. 366, Ved. Samg. pp. 131--34). The next principle Upanisad-text that comes in consideration in ascertaining the nature of B. is Tait. Up. n. 1., Existence, knowledge, infinite is B.', This text describes that nature of B., which distinguishes it from everything else. Here the term existence" expresses that B. has unconditioned existence, and so distinguishes it from matter and souls still implicated in matter; because as both undergo changes of states called by different names, they have no unconditioned existence. The term knowledge" expresses the eternally non-contracted and uniform knowledge of B.; and so distinguishes it from the souls that have attained final release, because their knowledge was at one time contracted. Lastly the term infinite" expresses that B. is not limited by time, space or other things, and as B. possesses qualities, the infinity belongs to its qualities as well as to its essential nature (svarupa). This distinguishes B. from the souls called nityasul (eternals), because their essential nature as well as their qualities are limited' (p....