In the five verses 24 to 28, Gowdapadha Chariya is refuting Buddhist system of philosophy. The four systems are: Sowthranthika madham: This philosopher says that there is an external world different from the observer, the subject. The external world is different from the observer and is real; this real distinct external world is proved by […]
Suppose I want to become chess champion in the world, I only have to defeat the number one person. Similarly, among various ashtika dharsahanams, which accept creation, the most prominent one is the Sankya philosophy and by refuting Sankya philosophy, then we would have refuted all asthika philosophers. From verse 24 to 28, Gowdapadha refutes […]
In these verses, Gowdapadha refutes dvaida vadhi who is explaining the creation with the law of karma. He says karma and sareeram are cause and effect. Gowdapadha took six different options and showed that none of them will work. So, with the theory of karma, the creation can’t be explained. In Vedanta we only accept […]
Beginning from 14 to 21st verse, Gowdapdha is discussing theory of creation as per dwaidam. They try to explain creation with the theory of karma. In Advaidam also accepts theory of karma as a temporary steppingstone, but not ultimate truth. Once the mind is ready to accept the final teaching, then creation is negated. When […]
Gowdapadha refuted Sankya theory of creation from verses 11 to 13. From 14 to 23rd verse he is refuting the theory of creation by dwaida philosophers who believe in a real creation. They explain the creation with the karma theory. They explain that karma is the cause for sareeram (punya pavam palam or dharma adharma […]
Moksha is our very nature. Samsara exist only in the form of misconception in the mind and has nothing to do with the external world. Since the whole problem is in the form of misconception that I am bound, the freedom is only freedom from this misconception. Freedom from any misconception is possible only with […]
In the first five verses, Gowdapadha offered namaskara to guru and talked about the glory of teaching. The glory being it is beyond argument or vivaharam. From the sixth verse to 10th, Gowdapadha summarizes the vedantic teaching. The essence being we are always free, and moksha is not a goal to be achieved. We […]
In the first five verses, Gowdapadha offered namaskara to guru and talked about the glory of teaching. From the sixth verse to 10th, Gowdapadha summarizes the vedantic teaching. Verses 6, 7 and 8 are repetition of the third chapter verses 20, 21 and 22. If the nature of paramatma is not clearly understood, it will create […]
Advaidam is beyond all disputes. In vereses 3, 4 and 5 Gowdapadha shows how advaidam doesn’t have any disputes with other systems of philosophies. The difference of opinions is primarily was the creation. No system of philosophy is able to agree with other system and they form rival groups. The two theories of creation discussed […]
In the first verse of this chapter, Gowdapadhachariyar is performing namaskara to Lord Narayana. Lord has all forms of knowledge. Lord also has jivatma paramatma aikya gyanam, which alone is the subject matter of vedantaand that gyanam alone he gives to his students. When we say jivatma paramatma aikyam, Jivatma is the subject, paramatma is […]