Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition)
author: B. N. K. Sharma
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1835
ISBN-10: 8121500354
ISBN-13: 9788121500357
Topic: Hindu-philosophy
Genesis of the Senses and their Abhimanidevatias
This chapter describes Genesis of the Senses and their Abhimanidevatias located on page 300 of volume 2 in the book Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition) compiled by B. N. K. Sharma. This book contains a Critical Exposition of the Brahmasutras of Badarayana including a thorough research on the commentaries of Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva. The Vedanta Sutras represent an important treatise of Indian Philosophy teaching Vedic concepts as found in the Upanishads..
Sanskrit name of chapter: pranotpattyadhikaranam or pranotpattyadhikarana (pranotpatti-adhikarana / adhikaranam). This edition includes the original Sanskrit text, an English translation, references to commentaries, detailled footnotes, IAST transliterated words and a large index.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Thus when the person in the eye turns back, then the soul cannot know colour; (the senses) become one (with him); (people about him) say he does not see; (the senses) become one (with him), he does not smell, (the senses) become one (with him), he does not taste, (the senses) become one (with him), he does not speak, (the senses) become one (with him), he does not hear, (the senses) become one (with him), he does not think, (the senses) become one with him, he does not touch, (the senses) become...
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
Indriyarthebhyah means that, just as a person can withdraw his senses, such as the sense of hearing, from their sense objects (in this case, sound) similarly, he who is sthita-prajna is able to withdraw his subordinate senses from external sense objects and fix them within his undisturbed mind. The example of a tortoise is given to illustrate this point....
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Sense-control in the Gita. The uncontrollability of the senses was realized in the Kafha Upanishad , where the senses are compared with horses. The Gita says that, when the mind is led on by fleeting sense-attractions, the man loses all his wisdom, just as a boat swings to and fro in deep waters in a strong gale. Even in the case of the wise man, in spite of his efforts to keep himself steady, the troubled senses might lead the mind astray....
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