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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Atman and Mokşa
Rámānuja into a personal Godpossessing all the perfections of the Brahman. Saṁkara's qualityless Brahman is too abstract and dry for an average individual who always seeks his end within the reach of his intellectual and emotional capacities. The Brahman of Saṁkara can be understood only by the few most intelligent persons possessing a high power of abstraction. It is too dry and cold and fails to appeal to the heart of an average individual who also moves in search of something that would help him to rise above the worldly sufferings and imperfections and would give him consolation and solace in the times of his trials and tribulations. He seeks some power that is close and affectionate to him and cares to stand by him in the moments of his sufferings and gives him love and compassion, strength and patience, inspiration, faith, enthusiasm, and hope. Man, as he is weak and finite, often demands such a support on which he can rely with absolute faith and confidence. He requires some power that he believes to be all-good and which assures him all co-operation and courage in the moments of his trials. Sarkara's philosophy of Brahman is excessively intellectualistic and it neglects the heart of man that also seeks emotional satisfaction from the object of his devotion. Samkara's Brahman is blank and colourless, and hence, it is incapable of satisfying the demands and cravings of the human heart. It evokes little inspiration in the finite beings and fails to arouse faith, patience and courage, hope and enthusiasm in the finite beings. In Rāmānuja's theism, his Nārāyaṇa
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| SR No. | 020053 |
| Book Title | tman_and_moksa |
| 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 |