What is Mayavada?
According to mayavadi philosophers, vedanta refers to the sariraka commentary of Shankaracharya. When impersonal philosophers refer to vedanta and the Upanishads, they are actually referring to the commentaries of...
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According to mayavadi philosophers, vedanta refers to the sariraka commentary of Shankaracharya. When impersonal philosophers refer to vedanta and the Upanishads, they are actually referring to the commentaries of...
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[From ‘Mayavadera Jivani – The Life Story of Impersonalism’ ] Kishori Mohana Chattapadhyaya, an established Buddhist, declared in writing in his Prajna-Paramita Sutra – on page 177: “The shunya,...
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We have taken upon ourselves the responsibility of welcoming this grave charge. All the audience have accepted ordinary seats, I alone have been provided with a lofty seat. All are being told in effect ‘Do have a look at a...
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[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] Now the horse was coming back. After going all around the world, it was coming back to Ayodhya. Right on the bank of the Tamasa river, Lava and Kusa saw it. There were...
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[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] Everyone was running to the place where the confrontation between Rama, Lava and Kusa was. Sita came and said, “Stop! What are you doing? You are going to finish...
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Part One yadoparamo manaso nama-rupa- rupasya drsta-smrti-sampramosat ya iyate kevalaya sva samsthaya hamsaya tasmai suci-sadmane namah “When one’s consciousness is completely purified of the contamination of...
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When Joseph Rykwert and I sat down to discuss “hermits’ huts” in India for Res almost a decade ago to accompany the publication of Ananda Coomaraswamy’s important manuscript on “Early Indian...
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There are six kinds of incarnations: 1) the purusha avatars 2) the lila avatars 3) the guna avatars 4) the manvantara avatars 5) the yuga avatars 6) the shaktyavesha avatars 1) Purusha avatars: Krishna first incarnates as the...
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The Sulbasutras deal with geometrical constructions, a large majority of them for the purpose of carrying out Vedic rituals at precisely constructed altars and similar such ends, that are popularly believed to date to the...
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As North Americans become more ‘green conscious’ in a world of global warming bad news, architects and designers have begun to consider incorporating spiritual aspects of Vedic architecture. Much like the imported...
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