| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU PHILOSOPHY |
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seen why there is such a difference between the future of those who do good works only and
that of those who love God in addition. Good works, however virtuous they may be, do not
involve a total effacement of the self. Morality exalts and purifies an individual, but he
still remains an individual. His virtues and vices have a hold over him. But the very
essence of moksa consists in an individual breaking down his walls of separation. Therefore a man who dies before this is done has naturally to return to this world of space and time, that is of individuality and exclusion. But in religious worship the individual takes refuge in the object of his love and totally forgets him self. Therefore his virtues and vices have no h old over him. He places himself in the hands of God whose grace leads him into a higher world and prepares him for moksa. So far we have followed Samkara in our account of Hindu philosophy on the four important subjects of God and His creation and the soul and its salvation. His system is called the Advaita because he teaches that there is only one ultimate Reality-the one universal, eternal, changeless Spirit. "An ocean is that one Seer without duality; this is the world of Brahman, O king-thus did Yajnavalkya teach him."(Brhadaranyaka Upanisad). |
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