Chapter II, Section III, Introduction

Adhikarana summary: Introduction

In the previous section the inconsistency of the doctrines of the various non-Vedantic schools has been shown and consequently their unreliability has been established. A doubt may arise that on account of contradiction among the Sruti texts, the doctrine that upholds Brahman as the First Cause may also be of the same class. To clear such a doubt by harmonizing the apparent contradictions in scriptural texts, the next two sections are begun. The arguments of the opponent, who tries to prove the self-contradiction of the Sruti texts, are always given first, and then follows the refutation.