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on the path to god through knowledge
Title: on the path to god through knowledge
Category: Literature / English
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on the path to god through knowledge
on the path to God through knowledge. The basic teaching is that God alone is the all-pervading reality; the individual soul is none other than the universal soul. Shankara was under
no illusions about this world. For this reason, he is able to describe so powerfully the complete transformation of the universe that takes place before the eyes of the illumined seer, when the world
indeed becomes a paradise.
Models of Multiplicity
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the eternal Atman from the non-eternal world. The Atman that is
brahman is immanent in the world, just like milk is seemingly
inseparably mixed with water, but It can never be truly realized without
the nitya-anitya-vastu viveka - right discrimination between the eternal
and ephemeral - that is essential for the advaitin. The swan is thus a
symbol for the jIvanmukta, who is liberated while still alive in this world,
by virtue of having realized Brahman.
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