A study of the Vedas is, indeed, insisted on in sundry passages of the Sanatsujātīya. But it is equally maintained, that the performance of the ceremonies laid down in the Vedas is not the true means of final emancipation....
Hindu Philosophy
Isvara Pratyabhijna Karika of Utpaladeva Saivagama from Kashmir प्रत्यभिज्ञा ज्ञानाधिकारः प्रथमाह्निकम् – उपोद्धातः कथञ्चिदासाद्य महेश्वरस्य दास्यं जनस्याप्युपकारमिच्छन् ।समस्तसम्पत्समवाप्तिहेतुं तत्प्रत्यभिज्ञामुपपादयामि ।। कर्तरि ज्ञातरि स्वात्मन्यादिसिद्धे महेश्वरे ।अजडात्मा निषेधं वा सिद्धिं वा विदधीत कः ।। १,१.१ ।। किन्तु मोहवशादस्मिन्दृष्टेऽप्युपलक्षिते ।शक्त्याविष्करणेनेयं प्रत्यभिज्ञोपदर्श्यते ।।...
The command is now. God always keeps for himself a chosen country in which the higher knowledge is through all chances and dangers, by the few or the many, continually preserved, and for the present, in this caturyuga at least, that...
Vivekananda was actually a rascal and he had no knowledge – AC Bhaktivedanta (11/12/1971)
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Just like Vivekananda and many others. Now present . . . presently there is one Kalapatri(Karpatri). Vivekananda was actually rascal. He, he had no knowledge. But the Kalapatri is actually very learned man. He has studied all the Vedas,...
At the same time, there is another side to the question. We must not look down with contempt on others. All of us are going towards the same goal. The difference between weakness and strength is one of degree;...
Tattvasangraha translated by Ganganatha Jha (1937) Commented by kamalasila (Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā) Introduction by Śāntarakṣita Introduction by Kamalaśīla (verses 1-6) Introduction to the second volume Chapter 1 – Examination of the Doctrine of Primordial Matter (prakṛti)Chapter 2 – Examination of the...
An enquiry is to be instituted, at all times, into the Highest Person, denoted by the term “Brahman”, the greatest of all because of His infinite, inconceivable and innate nature, qualities, powers and so on,—by one who has studied...
The principal value of Hindu Philosophy consists in its bearings on history and on sociology. As the great causes which have influenced the destiny of India, which have moulded the national character, taught the Hindu to despise the blessings...
As yet no serious attempt appears to have been made to estimate the value of Hindu Thought and its influence on the progress of civilization. It is generally assumed that outside the limits of India, Hindu Civilization has exercised...
The position of isvara is that of supreme consciousness. The jivas, or the living entities, being parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, are also conscious. Both the living entity and material nature are explained as prakrti, the energy of the Supreme Lord, but one...
घटे भिन्ने यथाऽऽकाश आकाशः स्याद् यथा पुरा। एवं देहे मृते जीवो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते पुनः-मनः सृजति वै देहान् गुणान् कर्माणि चात्मनः। तन्मनः सृजते माया ततो जीवस्य संसृतिः-
ईश्वरः ईशनशीलः नारायणः सर्वभूतानां सर्वप्राणिनां हृद्देशे हृदयदेशे अर्जुन शुक्लान्तरात्मस्वभावः विशुद्धान्तःकरणः -- अहश्च कृष्णमहरर्जुनं च (ऋ. सं. 6।9।1) इति दर्शनात् -- तिष्ठति स्थितिं लभते। तेषु सः कथं तिष्ठतीति? आह -- भ्रामयन् भ्रमणं कारयन् सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि यन्त्राणि आरूढानि अधिष्ठितानि इव --...
