Samkhya elements in the Bhagavata-purana
by Jumli Nath | 2017 | 62,959 words
This page relates 鈥楶urusha according to Samkhya philosophy鈥� of the English study dealing with the treatment of Samkhya elements in the Bhavata-Purana. The Puranas are a vast reservoir of Indian religious and cultural wisdom. Sankhya refers to one of the oldest and the authentic system of Indian philosophy ascribed to sage Kapila. This analytical study delves into the reflection of Samkhya philosophy within the Bhagavatapurana by researching original texts, translations, commentaries and scholarly articles.
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Part 11 - 笔耻谤耻峁 according to 厂腻峁僰丑测补 philosophy
笔耻谤耻峁 is the principle of pure consciousness, it is the self, the subject and the knower. It is different from 笔谤补办峁泃颈. 笔耻谤耻峁 is neither body nor senses nor brain nor mind (manas) nor ego (补丑补峁僰腻谤补), nor intellect (buddhi). It is the pure subject, the silent witness and the neutral seer.[1] According to 厂腻峁僰丑测补, 笔耻谤耻峁 has no pain, no sufferings, no bondage and no attributes which is eternally free, never bound and never released. His bondage is merely the reflection on him, that is, the impurities of buddhi and his release is nothing but the removal of this reflection. In the first chapter of the 厂腻峁僰丑测蝉奴迟谤补, the nature of 笔耻谤耻峁 is mentioned[2]. 笔耻谤耻峁 is stated as separate from the body i.e., 艣补谤墨谤腻诲颈惫测补迟颈谤颈办迟补岣� 辫耻尘腻苍[3]. It also demonstrates the reasons for the existence of 笔耻谤耻峁.[4]
笔耻谤耻峁 is the pure self or the pure consciousness. The experience that 鈥榯his universe exists鈥� arises from the existence of 笔耻谤耻峁 though 笔耻谤耻峁 is not regarded as the cause of this universe. The apparent contact between 笔耻谤耻峁 and 笔谤补办峁泃颈 is the cause of this empirical world.
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[1]:
tasm膩cca vipary膩s膩t 蝉颈诲丑补峁� s膩k峁tvamasya puru峁sya/
办补颈惫补濒测补峁� 尘腻诲丑测补蝉迟丑补峁� 诲谤补峁ａ弓峁泃惫补尘补办补谤迟峁沚丑腻惫补艣肠补// 厂腻峁僰丑测补k膩rik膩 , 19
[2]:
厂腻峁僰丑测补s奴tra , 1.138-164
[3]:
Ibid., 1.139
[4]:
Ibid., 1. 140-144