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Again it is said, "The whole universe is God." God is "existence (or more exactly an existent thing[15]), knowledge, and joy." AGAIN IT IS SAID THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS GOD GOD IS EXISTENCE OR MORE EXACTLY AN EXTENT THING KNOWLEDGE AND JOY
er good or bad. [Sidenote: The Sankhya.] The Sankhya declares matter to be self-existent and eternal. Soul is distinct from matter, and also eternal. When it attains true knowledge it is liberated from matter and from pain. The Sankhya holds the existence of God to be without proof. [Sidenote: The Vedanta.] But the leading philosophy of India is unquestionably the Vedanta. The name means "the end or scope of the Veda;" and if the Upanishads were the Veda, instead of treatises tacked on to it, the name would be correct; for the Vedanta, like the Upanishads, inculcates pantheism. The form which this philosophy ultimately assumed is well represented in the treatise called the Vedanta Sara, or essence of the Vedanta. A few extracts will suffice to exhibit its character. "The unity of the soul and God--this is the scope of all Vedanta treatises." We have frequent references made to the "great saying," _Tat twam_--that is, That art thou, or Thou art God; and _Aham Brahma_, that is, I am God. EYA IS DELIVERANCE FROM PAIN AND THIS IS TO BE ATTAINED BY CESSATION FROM ALL ACTION WHETHER GOOD OR BAD THE SANKIA DECLARES MATTER TO BE SELF EXISTENT AND ETERNAL SOUL IS DISTINCT FROM MATTER AND ALSO ETERNAL WHEN IT ATTAINS TRUE KNOWLEDGE IT IS LIBERATED FROM MATTER AND FROM PAIN THE SANKIA HOLDS EXISTENCE OF GOD TO BE WITHOUT PROOF BUT THE LEADING PHILOSOPHY OF INDIA IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE BETHANTHA THE NAME MEANS THE ANT OR SCOPE OF THE WEATHER AND IF THE OPEN SHEDS WERE THE WEEDA INSTEAD OF CRITICIS TAGGED ON TO IT THE NAME WOULD BE CORRECT FOR THE WEEDANTA LIKE THE OPENISH IN CALCATE'S PANTHEISM THE FORM WHICH THIS PHILOSOPHY ULTIMATELY ASSUMED IS WELL REPRESENTED IN THE TREATISE CALLED THE WEEDANTA SARAH OR ESSENCE OF THE VADANTA A FEW EXTRACTS WILL SUFFICE TO EXHIBIT ITS CHARACTER THE UNITY OF THE SOUL AND GOD THIS IS THE SCOPE OF ALL WEEDANTA TREATISES WE HAVE FREQUENT REFERENCES MADE TO THE GREAT SAYING THETHM THAT IS THOU ART THO OR TOWARD GOD AND A HUMBRUMMA THAT IS I AM GOD
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