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To reconcile them, it cannot be said that nirguNa shrutis should be accorded higher status, for there is no basis. If shruti propounds both Saguna and Nirguna Brahman with equal force, it should be roundly renounced as a pramANa. For people still in this empirical world, there is an Ishvara, mostly referred as Saguna Brahman (yet another being created by the beneficent Avidya) who needs to be propitiated (to get knowledge that one is identical to Him in bare essence. This empirical world is 'superimposed' on Brahman.
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This world of differences falls in the second category of vyavahArika satya, for it is not eternal. Reality is of three categories - paramArthika (absolute), vyavahArika (empirical) and pratibhAsika (illusory). Curiously, Advaita accepts that Atman is svaprakAsha (self-luminous w.r.t knowledge) and believes in self-inherence of knowledge (svataH prAmANya). The reason for this illusion is avidya or ignorance, an inexplicable entity, which is neither real nor unreal. When knowledge "arrives", the qualities will be known to false and imaginary. According to advaita, the qualities possessed by both are only empirically true and are not absolute. The Jiva is said to possess qualities such as limited knowledge, bondage, limited powers, while, God is said to possess qualities such as omniscience, omnipotence. That is not true this identity is of bare essence and not with qualities the individual soul and God are 'assumed' to possess. A common misconception about Advaita is that it considers God to be identical to the Jiva or that the individual soul loses its individuality in moxa. The Brahman is identical to Atman, the individual self.
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Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition.Originally created / last edited in geocities on AugComparison with other doctrines Advaita
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The full text of the Taittiriya Upanishad in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Source: Contents of this online book ( + / - ) This edition contains the orignal sanskrit, roman (IAST) transliteration and the english translation of the Taittiriya Upanishad With the Commentaries of Śaṅkarāchārya (Shankara), Sureśvarāchārya (Sureshvara) and Sāyaṇa (also known as Vidyāraṇya) It is divided into three sections, 1) the Siksha Valli, 2) the Brahmananda Valli and 3) the Bhrigu Valli.ġ) The Siksha Valli deals with the discipline of Shiksha (which is the first of the six Vedangas or "limbs" or auxiliaries of the Vedas), that is, the study of phonetics and pronunciation.Ģ) The Brahmananda Valli teaches about Brahman and tries to define it as "Truth, Omniscient, and Infinite".ģ) The Bhrigu Valli describes how son of Varuna (The Water God) Bhrigu obtained realization of Brahman through repeated Tapas under his fathers guidance. It says that the highest goal is to know the Brahman, for that is truth. Summary: The Taittiriya Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads, part of the Yajur Veda.