Vedanta Sutra 1.1.2-4 (Part 2) - Edwin Bryant

[@shaileshpkem80]

Jai Shri Krishna!!! Thank you for wonderful video...

[@kenjones102]

Yes please on the logical arguements for Ishwara. This is a real treat and is saving me years of reading to put a number of issues to bed before death.

[@Diary_of_Devotion]

Thanks for posting these classes. These are so important and valuable. Rarely do we get a chance to go so much in depth outside of graduate study. 🙏

[@kenjones102]

It might be useful to cover the origins of Brahman as a concept in relation to the concept of Purusha.

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[@EdwinBryantOfficial]

Hare Krishna! Haribol! 🙏 - Mayank

[@me-ou8rf]

I think Brahman is referring to two things somewhat inconsistently in the commentary of Šankarācāryāh. Like sometimes Brahman is Ātmā and sometimes Brahman is God ( the creator and stuff ). Like in objection of the 4th sŭtra even Purva Mimāmsā people in the objection use Brahman to refer to Individual Ātman

[@EdwinBryantOfficial]

Yes, in the previous part the professor discussed this. For Śankara, they're one and the same thing. - Mayank

[@me-ou8rf]

@EdwinBryantOfficial Yes, I have listened to this. However, here in the commentary 4th sutra, in the objection part, it is the Purva Mimāmsā people saying this. Do purva mimāmsā people hold this view or do they just saying the advaita view to make a point concerning the matter of that sutra ?

[@EdwinBryantOfficial]

@@me-ou8rf No, they do not think brahman is worth inquiring about so they don't think it's the same as ātman. They believe in the ātman since you need that to transmigrate to higher planets. Śankara kinda dodges the creation-etc. point of brahman and equates that to individual ātman in order to prove his taṭastha lakśaṇa point, the sūtra does not mention that anywhere, it's pure interpretation. So either is possible. Maybe it's Śankara not representing their point correctly or them using Śankara's knowledge which is less plausible imo. - Mayank

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