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Lectures on Hindu Philosophy

1910

The Vedantists taking their stand upon the Sruti—"The world is the outcome of 7111?Vc " have held MVA to be the root of the world ; while the followers of Kapila relying upon the Sruti " The world is the product of Prakriti " have held Prakriti to be the root. [...] This is the process by which liberation is brought about and which Gotama the author of the Ny6ya Darsana has summed up in the aphorisPain birth activity fault false notion—since on the sucessive annihilation of these in turn there is the annihilation of the one next before it there is (on the annihilation of the last of them) final beatitude." So far as the modus operandi of Tattv [...] The performance of the sacred ceremonies enjoined upon"( 21 ) by the Vedas is not crowned with the desired fruition because of blemishes in the performance in the doer and in the materials precribed for the ceremony. [...] The one apparently"( 22 ) declaratory of the unity of the Lord describes the stage of lath:a:jam or right knowledge while the other apparently declaratory of His duality portrays the stage of ignorance during the mundane condition of the individual. [...] Hence Gangesopadhyliya has given the following rationale"( 2$ ) of the exposition of Gotama's aphorisms.— Now to lift up the world itself sunk in the mire of misery that the highly compassionate Saint expounded the Nytiya Shastra the foremost among the eighteen kinds of learning." Having thus launched forth into the logical investigation of the categories for the salvation of mankind they felt
philosophy religion
Pages
47
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143657
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv Mahamohopadhyaya Tarkabagisa Nath view
Lecture I. The Leading Systems of Hindu Philosophy-Their Scope General Topics and Unification
1-24 unknown view
Lecture II. Proof of the Existence of God
25-42 unknown view
Sahitya-Sabha
i-i Rajendra Sastri view

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