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Why Does the Avadhuta Gita 1.36 say that The Absolute truth is devoid of Both Duality and Nonduality?
In my opinion, it's talking about the Nirgunattva still Sagunattva and neti neti, contradictory traits of Brahman which is beyond the grasp of anyone or anything.
Maitreya Upanishad in its Tritiya ...
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Why Does the Avadhuta Gita 1.36 say that The Absolute truth is devoid of Both Duality and Nonduality?
Garuda Purana says the same thing.
Reality beyond both Advaita and Dvaita
Some seek for the knowledge of non-dual Brahman (i.e. Brahman without
Maya) and some for that of the Dual (Brahman with Maya)....
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The difference between the mind and the Atman in Advaita Vedanta
The mind is basically experienced, you can know when you are happy, sad, you can feel the I(Ego), which means the mind is the seen and you are the witness of your mind. Mind is an object to your ...
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For which deity is the Gayatri Mantra? Why do we chant it, and what exactly does it mean or signify?
Swami Chinmayananda in his book Meditation and Life, Chapter 18 writes,
This mantra is dedicated to the Lord Savitṛ . That Savitṛ represents
Lord Sun is the accepted version, although some scholars ...
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How does Advaita Vedanta assert and prove the eternality of cognition of Non dual Atman?
Prof Chandradhar Sharma on Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, Page 312 writes,
A momentary idea can be neither self-luminous nor can it ideate
itself. The reality of permanent self-luminous Self ...
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Are there any popular works attributed to Govinda Bhagvatpada?
Maybe not popular but:
In 8
th century A.D. Govinda Bhagavatpada described Gandhaka Jarana vidhi
in Rasa Hridaya Tantra. Sri Dundukanatha, the author of Rasendra Chintamani
was the first person to ...
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Is Spinoza's philosophy the same as advaita or vishistadvaita philosophy of India?
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'Indian' textiles, muslins were found wrapped around mummies in Egyptian pyramids dating back to 3000 B.C. My thesis is that ...
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Is Spinoza's philosophy the same as advaita or vishistadvaita philosophy of India?
Prof Muller in 3 Lectures on Vedanta Philosophy, page 123 writes,
Strange as this Vedanta philosophy must appear at first sight to most
of us, you can hardly have failed to discover some striking
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Do followers of dvaita really believe that advaitins are "deceitful demons"?
Indeed. Prof Chandradhar Sharma writes in Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy, page 360,
Madhva is the champion of unqualified dualism (dvaita) and accuses
Shankara of teaching the false doctrines ...
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