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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Vedānata (S'amkara)
the various texts of the Upanisads and of interpreting the Brahma Sutras in such a way, that the other systems can be satisfactorily refuted, and that a system can be constructed. S'amkara had the originality of interpreting the Sutras and the Upaniṣads in a logically harmonious way. As George Thibaut says in his Introduction to his English translation of samkara-Bhasya-"It has been said before that the task of reducing the teaching of the whole of the Upanisads to a system consistent and free from contradictions is an intrinsically impossible one. But the task being given once, we are quite ready to admit that S'amkara's system is most probably the best which can be devised." S'amkara has been successful in logically reconcilling the various incompatible views and steering through such a wild mass of the various opinions and views. His philosophy certainly contains elements of philosophical insight, rigorous logicality and originality. He has boldly made his statements to which he is logically driven. Though a supporter of the S'rutis he never dogmatically adhered to them; on the contrary, as against the Vedic ritualism and sacrificialism he has stuck to Jñāna-Yoga by which he contends that mokṣa can be attained by knowledge of the Self.
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The philosophy of Samkara is described as Advaitism, which means that the ultimate Reality
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1 S'amkara (Com.) on Vedanta Sutras (Tr. Thibaut G. ). Introduction page CXXII, Sacred Books of the East Series, Volume XXXIV, Edited by Max Müller.
