tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Atman and Mokas
eternally. It is without beginning and end. By admitting the unreality of the world with Buddhism Samkara took the weapon out of the hands of the Buddhists and made it blunt; but proceeding further he ended his philosophy by affirming the existence of the everlasting Brahman which made his philosophy not nihilistic but a positive one. For denying existence to the changing world Sankara was condemned by his opponents as "The Buddha in disguise" ( प्रच्छन्न बुद्ध ).
Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Samkara has thought independently though he was guided by Gauḍapāda in the early period of his life. S'amkara's philosophy is a critical philosophy as it is subsequent in time to the earlier systems. Samkara has not devised something which is absolutely novel and original. He has written commentaries on the Brahma Sutras and the main Upanisads, which he has interpreted from his own point of view, and reconciled all of them in a logically harmonious system. He has supported his arguments with the help of the S'ruti and criticised by the other prevalent and the preceding systems of philosophy from his point of view. He has not expounded his view separately; but his view is automatically expounded in his various commentaries. A consistent system emerges from his commentaries. He has not simply repeated the Upanisadic thoughts as some opponents of his say; but he has logically examined the contentions of all the main philosophical systems that preceded him and were prevalent at that time, and has shown a possibility of reconciling
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