Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition)
author: B. N. K. Sharma
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1835
ISBN-10: 8121500354
ISBN-13: 9788121500357
Topic: Hindu-philosophy
Brahmasutras as Para Vidya
This chapter describes Brahmasutras as Para Vidya located on page 7 of volume 1 in the book Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition) compiled by B. N. K. Sharma. This book contains a Critical Exposition of the Brahmasutras of Badarayana including a thorough research on the commentaries of Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva. The Vedanta Sutras represent an important treatise of Indian Philosophy teaching Vedic concepts as found in the Upanishads..
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Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) [by Sadhu Gyanananddas]
Apara vidya and para vidya have no quarrel between them. Though para vidya is ultimate knowledge, both are valuable and both have a place in our lives. The difficulty lies in the fact that many of us are unclear as to their differences, often perceiving the terms and their application to be interchangeable. Being clear and consciously aware of how our minds are engaged may be important to get the most out of them....
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Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature [by Anindita Adhikari]
They emphasize that apara vidya comprises the knowledge of the Vedas, should be performed according to the circumstances in life, free from attachment to desired result. Contrarywise if the karma s are done with affection to its yielding, it directs to transmigratory existence. But through the knowledge of para vidya one has the direct realization of Brahman. Thus accordingly both para and apara vidya could lead to realization of the supreme....
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
Summary: The distinction of knowledge in Indian tradition—higher and lower knowledge (para-vidya and apara-vidya). The Indian tradition of knowledge which began with emphasis on intuition in the Vedic age flowered in the philosophies and sciences of the classical age. In the Upanishads, we find an important distinction between para vidya and apara vidya or higher knowledge and lower knowledge, and also avidya and vidya or false knowledge and true knowledge....
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