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FOREWORD
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2. If the Atman and the feelings are not altogether different then why do you say that they differ in some other way? How can the difference and the sameness of a thing can exist in the same entity? There is nothing eternal in reality, but only the feelings of pleasure, pain, etc. are rising one after another in succession. The entity which appears to be continuous is unreal knowledge because all Vijnanas are similar.
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3. As the Atman is one it cannot have two forms. His two forms cannot be real unless there are two entities. The Nrsimha also is not endowed with two forms: it is nothing but a conglomeration of Aņus, which appears in the form of Nrsimha. (v) of the Advaitins.
1. There is nothing real-earth, water, fire, etc.-except the Vijñâna which is one and eternal. All other things which seem to exist are only the manifestations of that Vijñâna which is otherwise known as Atman.
2. The bondage and liberation of the Atman are not real because Âtman is always liberated.
Refutation.
1. There is only a slight error in this theory. Though the Âtman is accepted as one and eternal, still it is clear that there are many Vijanas of form, taste, etc. differing from one another. There is no reason to prove the existence of any other eternal knowledge as different from the knowledge of form, taste, etc.
2. The bondage and liberation also cannot be explained in this theory because the Atman being always liberated there is no possibility of its getting the bondage. No other cause has also been assigned for explaining bondage. If the Atman is always liberated then the practice of austerities for obtaining liberation will be redundant.
(vi) of the Vâtsîputrîyas.
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1. The Vâtsiputrîyas accept the Âtman or Pudgala which is neither different from the five Skandhas nor the same as the
| SR No. | 010566 |
| Book Title | Tattvasangraha 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Embar Krishnamacharya |
| Publisher | Central Library |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 832 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 57 MB |