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Concept of Beauty in Vedant
constitute “The final aim of the Veda”s or the essence of Vedas. The Vedanta philosophy has exerted the greatest influence out of all the six Brahamanical systems of the Indian philosophy. It always demands a closer attention because of its philosophical value. its close association with the religion of India, and because "it determines the world view of the Hindu thinkers of the present time."6 According to Vedant Philosophy, Jeevan Mukti or the Liberation from Avidya or root ignorance is the ultimate goal or value of human life. It denies the reality of many objects perceived and their unity in one reality is asserted over and again: all is one god one soul. All is god and god is the Reality (satya). Here God appears as qualified (saguna) by many qualities - He is omnipotent, omniscient, the sustainer and destroyer. These qualities are seen from the stand point of god as a creator. God is possessed of all supremely good qualities . The upanishads, conceive Brahman or God as the pure ground and ultimate source of reality, consciousness and joy. Realization of the self is regarded as the highest goal. Its method lies in controlling the lower self, deep rooted impulses, and through a vigorous practice of the ways taught by religion. It is a difficult path and all men are not capable of realising this mystic state. Prof. M. Hiriyanna remarks, “the foretaste of Brahmananda canbe had when a man enters the world of art." The aesthetic pleasure, when makes man free from the clutches of Kama and Karma, leads an individual to spiritual pleasure. Beauty in Vedant:
Vedant eqate Ananda with Brahman. Brahman is termed Ananda because the restful bliss or Anamla is realised through the inner universal harmony. This harmony is beauty and Ananda is the product of the harmony. It is to be experienced and not to be apprehended intellectually. According to Vedant true beauty is the "inner harmony underlying all diversities of experiences," and this is not outside. Thus according to Vedant philosophy true beauty, like Truth and Goodness, “is the ultimate reality which appears in the form of Ananda."8
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