The VedntaStras, with the SriBhshya of Rmnujchry, Vol. 1: Translated Into English (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From The VedntaStras, With The SriBhshya Of Rmnujchry, Vol. 1: Translated Into English In The Introduction To His Vedantadipa Ramanuja Summarises The Teachings Of The Vedanta To The Following Effect Of The Three Ultimate Entities Known To Philosophy, The Intelligent Individual Soul Is Essentially Different From NonIntelligent Matter And God, Who Forms The Supreme Soul Of The Universe, Is Absolutely Different From The Indi Vidual Soul. The Essential Differences Thus Existing Between Matter, Soul And God Are Intrinsic And Natural. God, Who Is The Same As The Supreme Brahman, Is The Cause Of The Universe; And The Universe, Which Is Made Up Of Matter And Soul, Is The Effect Produced By Him. Matter And Soul Form The Body Of God And This Body Is Capable Of Exist Ing In A Subtle As Well As In A Gross Condition. God With His Subtle Body Constitutes The Universe In Its Causal Condi Tion And With His Gross Body He Forms The Created Universe Itself. The Individual Soul Enters Into Matter And Thereby Makes It Live; And Similarly God Enters Into Matter And Soul And Gives Them Their Powers And Their Peculiar Characters. The Universe Without God Is Exactly Analogous To Matter Without Soul And In The World As We Know It, All Things Are What They Are, Because God Has Penetrated Into Them And Rules And Guides Them All From Within, So Much So That All Things Are Representative Of Him And All Words Denote Him In The Main. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses StateOfTheArt Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.