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That which, at any moment, adopts an outlook of differentiation in the characteristics of an undifferentiated object is styled Vyavahāranaya ( empirical standpoint). Contrary to this is the Niscayanaya ( transcendental standpoint)
It is propounded by the Vyavahāranaya (empirical standpoint) that spiritual awakening, value knowledge, and ethico-spiritual conduct are the differentiated characteristics of the enlightened person But it is proclaimed by the Niscayanaya (transcendental standpoint) that there is neither spiritual awakening, nor value- knowledge, nor ethicospiritual conduct in the enlightened person From the undifferentiated view point, he is only the pure knower
In this way, (the ultimateness of Vyavahāranaya (empirical standpoint) has been denied by the Niscayanaya (transcendental standpoint) Know this And the saints who have depended on the Niscayanaya (transcendental standpoint) attain supreme peacc.
Just as an ordinary man can not be taught without the language of the masses, so also no body can be communicated the knowledge of the highest reality without the use of Vyavahāranaya (empirical standpoint)
Suddhanaya (transcendental standpoint) has been proclaimed true and Vyavahāranaya (empirical standpoint) has been proclaimed false The person who has depended on the transcendental standpoint certainly becomes spiritually awakened
Some persons, though depending upon the Niscayanaya (transcendental standpoint), yet not knowing the Niscayanaya authentically become slack in external conduct Thus, they annul (the importance of ) all moral performan
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The instruction of the transcendental (nature of the soul) has been styled transcendental standpoint This transcendental standpoint should be made intelligible by the realisers of the highest spiritual experience But persons who have stuck in sensuous experience have alone been preached through Vyavaharanaya ( empirical standpoint)
Samanasuttaṁ-Vol. I
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