Impersonalism

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> Can you help me to identify Impersonalism?

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> Is impersonalism good?

 

Srila Prabhupad, throughout his Bhaktivedanta purports to the Bhagavad

Gita, explains, among other things, how the impersonalists argue and how

to defeat these arguments with the authoritative statements of the Gita

and other Vedic scriptures. Please refer to purports of verses in BG

2.12, 2.13 , 7.24-26, to name a few. Here's an excerpt from the purport

of BG 7.7:

 

"... These authorities leave no doubt that the Absolute Truth is the

Supreme Person, the cause of all causes. The impersonalist, however,

argues on the strength of the Vedic version given in the Svetasvatara

Upanisad (3.10): tato yad uttarataram tad arupam anamayam/ ya etad vidur

amrtas te bhavanti athetare duhkham evapiyanti. "In the material world

Brahma, the primeval living entity within the universe, is understood to

be the supreme amongst the demigods, human beings and lower animals. But

beyond Brahma there is the Transcendence, who has no material form and

is free from all material contaminations. Anyone who can know Him also

becomes transcendental, but those who do not know Him suffer the

miseries of the material world." The impersonalist puts more stress on

the word arupam. But this arupam is not impersonal. It indicates the

transcendental form of eternity, bliss and knowledge as described in the

Brahma-samhita quoted above. Other verses in the Svetasvatara Upanisad

(3.8-9) substantiate this as follows: ..."