Volume-I, Issue-III, February, 2025
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
Volume-I, Issue-III, February, 2025 |
A Philosophical Study of Advaita Vedānta's Perspective on the Nature of Brahman Dr. Amit Kumar Batabyal, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Philosophy, Panskura Banamali College (Autonomous), Panskura, India Email: amitbatabyal45@gmail.com |
Received: 03.02.2025 | Accepted: 22.02.2025 | Published Online: 28.02.2025 |
Page No: 154-161 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.03W.016 | |
Abstract | ||
This article's primary goal is to provide an
analytical explanation of the Advaita Vedānta school's view of Brahman, or
Absolute Being, as Sat or existing. In nature, Brahman's existence is absolute,
which is significantly distinct from empirical reality. Understanding Brahman's
Absolute nature requires an understanding of the Advaita Vedānta school's “Sattātraividhyavāda”
concept. Furthermore, because of the fundamental shortcomings of conceptual
cognition and human language with respect to the understanding and expression
of the Absolute, Brahman cannot be understood logically or sufficiently
described in terms of linguistic categories. Two distinct viewpoints are
explored in the Advaita Vedānta School about the compatibility of the knower
notion of Brahman. According
to the compatibility of the knower notion of Brahman, in Advaita Vedānta
School, is discussed from two different perspectives, viz., Parā-Brahman
(Supreme Reality) and Aparā-Brahman (Lower Brahman). To explain the different
manifestations of Brahman Śaṅkara makes a distinction between the essential
description of Brahman (Svarūpa-Lakṣaṇa), which manifests or reveals Its
essential nature, distinguishing it from the world of plurality and the
accidental description i.e., The Taṭastha- Lakṣaṇa in which Brahman is
described in relation to the world as a personal God or Saguṇa Brahman or
Īśvara. Keywords: Vedānta, Brahman, Jῑva,
Sattā-traividhyavāda, Saccidānanda, Taṭastha-Lakṣaṇa, Svarūpa-Lakṣaṇa. | ||