...against reasoning, we implicitly •admit the authority of reason. But in the end .Sahkara holds that ' the true nature of the cause of the world, on which...be thought of without the help of the holy texts.' ' The Veda,' he adds, ' which is eternal and the source of knowledge, may be allowed to have for its...

...reality." advanced by clever men to be afterwards found fallacious by others more clever. He holds that " the true nature of the cause of the world, on which...be thought of without the help of the holy texts." l As sources of knowledge, the " Upanishads " 2 are held by Sankara to be the chief works, and as confirmation...

...against reasoning, we implicitly admit the authority of reason. But in the end .Sahkara holds that ' the true nature of the cause of the world, on which...be thought of without the help of the holy texts.' ' The Veda,' he adds, ' which is eternal and the source of knowledge, may be allowed to have for its...

...such as Kapila, Kanada, and other founders of philosophical schools have contradicted one another. The true nature of the cause of the world, on which...final emancipation depends, cannot, on account of excessive abstruseness, even be thought of without the help of the holy texts. The perfection of the...

...pramanas the nature of this cause, the unity and the other characteristics of Brahman." Sankara says: "The true nature of the cause of the world, on which...texts; for it cannot become the object of perception . . , and as it is devoid of characteristic signs, it does not lend itself to inference . . . ." (Thibaut,...

...world in the theologian's sense with the help of usual method of proof, Samkara writes as follows, "The true nature of the cause of the world on which...abstruseness, even be thought of without the help of the sacred text; for, as already remarked, it cannot become the object of perception, because it does not...

...excessive abstruseness, even be thought of without the help of the sacred text; for, as already remarked, it cannot become the object of perception, because...and the like, and as it is devoid of characteristic sign, it does not lend itself to inference and other means of right knowledge''. (Commentary on Brahma-Sutra,...

...senses, though its cause may — not must — be.34 34. Witness this remark about the cause of the world: "The true nature of the cause of the world on which final emancipation depends cannot even be thought of without the help of the holy texts; for, He would also surely recognise in the distinction...

...the fault of not having a sound basis). The true nature of the cause of the world (bhavayathatmya) on which final emancipation depends cannot, on account...abstruseness, even be thought of without the help of- the traditional or authoritative texts ; for, as already remarked, it cannot become the object of perception,...