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अहं ब्रह्मास्मि त्वं ब्रह्म असि अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म
georgia
georgia
the best hindu schools of thought are vedanta and tantra. the worst schools are purva-mimamsa and charvaka is the absolute bottom of the barrel.
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georgia
georgia
gosh i cant wait to learn more about trika after i finish the brahma sutras (shankara bhashya)
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georgia
georgia
i kinda wish sankara had been born later so he could deboonk the theistic dualist and monism-lite philosophies
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georgia
georgia
gosh sankara is so mischaracterized. i knew he practiced bhakti to an extent but in his bhashya he refers to the "grace of the Lord". no wonder he is called merely "vedantic".
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georgia
georgia
mimamsakans claim the performance of vedic duty leads to liberation (early thinkers dont even believe in liberation), but then they describe liberation as being devoid of pleasure or pain, so clearly none of them have ever experienced it
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georgia
georgia
i never expected sankara to teach karma yoga (with jnana of course) but he was a vedantic and the bhagavad gita is vedanta, so it makes sense.
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georgia
georgia
certainly not all of sankaras arguments are compelling, but as a whole its helpful
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georgia
georgia
its no wonder non-monists rely on the puranas, because the plain purport of the upanishads is monism.
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georgia
georgia
i cant decide whether my favo vaisnavite sampradaya is rudra or sri (gonna ignore the maharaj libel case). i have a lot of respect for the tiruvaymoli (i guess analogous for the pustimargs would be sur sagar, which i haven't read), but shuddhadvaita is significantly closer to my views on the nature of God and the universe than vishishtadvaita is, being more monist. of course, i have significant disagreements with both. my most important disagreement is the nature of moksha.
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georgia
georgia
i take back what i said. dvaiatadvaita is so goddamn milquetoast. it never truly innovates, it always takes a (superficially) descriptive-to-perscriptive position. it is the product of timid rationality. at least madhva innovated with some awful irrational shit, and at least he was myopic about vedanta in a brazen way.
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