Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra (study)
by Nimisha Sarma | 2010 | 56,170 words
This is an English study of the Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra: a significant work of the syncretic Nyaya-Vaisesika school of Indian philosophy. The Tarka-bhasa is divided into Purvabhaga (focusing on pramanas) and Uttarabhaga (mainly covering prameya), with other categories briefly mentioned. The work was widely used as a beginner's textbook in southe...
The Yoga View of Atman (self)
Patanjali, the founder of Yoga, recognizes three realities - Prakrti, God and Souls. The Yoga adopts the Samkhya metaphysics and engrafts the concept of God upon it. Prakrti is the material cause of the world and God is the efficient cause. He is not the creator of Prakrti, nor is he the creator of 22. k.18. jan ma - marana - karananam pratiniyamadayugapat pravrttesca/ purusa bahu tvam siddhamtraigunya - viparyayaccaiva // Ibid.
173 souls. Prakrti and souls are co-eternal with God. According to them Soul or Self is eternally pure and liberated It is said to be entangled in bondage and liberated from bondage in relation to Prakrti. When mental modes are attributed to the self, it is said to be bound. When they are completely destroyed or merged in their cause, Prakrti, they are no longer attributed to the self, and it is said to be liberated Bondage and liberation of the Self are not real. 23