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Swami Sivananda, an Advaita scholar, reiterates the same views in his commentary synthesising Vedanta views on the Brahma Sutras, a Vedantic text.
In his commentary on Chapter 3 of the Brahma Sutras, Sivananda notes that karma is insentient and short-lived, and ceases to exist as soon as a deed is executed.
* Bādarāyaņa ( c. 200 BCE ), author of Brahma Sutras, expounding Advaita Vedanta.
The law of noncontradiction is found in ancient Indian logic as a meta-rule in the Shrauta Sutras, the grammar of Pāṇini, and the Brahma Sutras attributed to Vyasa.
The standard texts of Vedanta philosophy, to which Shankara also belonged, were the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras.
Further use of apophatic theology is found in the Brahma Sutras, which state:
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In the literary traditions of the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, conscience is the label given to attributes composing knowledge about virtues and vices but also good and evil, that a soul acquires from the completion of acts and consequent accretion of karma over many lifetimes.
The guru instructed Shankara to write a commentary on the Brahma Sutras and propagate the Advaita philosophy.
Sōtō Zen, like all of Zen, relies on the Prajnaparamita Sutras, as well as general Mahayana Buddhist sutras, such as the Lotus Sutra, the Brahma Net Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra.
The key source texts for all schools of Vedānta are the Prasthanatrayi — the canonical texts consisting of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras.
500 to 100 BCE ) organized knowledge into Sutra treatises, including the Vedanga and the religious or philosophical Brahma Sutras, Yoga Sutras, Nyaya Sutras.
Adi Shankara says in his Introduction to his commentary on the Brahma Sutras, " Owing to an absence of discrimination, there continues a natural human behaviour in the form of ' I am this ' or ' This is mine '; this is avidya.
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Sharma, ` The Brahma Sutras and Their Principal Commentaries ', 3 vols., Munshiram Manoharlal, 1986.
Tanka is attributed with having written commentaries on Chandogya Upanishad and Brahma Sutras.
Ramanuja continues along the line of thought of his predecessors while expounding the knowledge expressed in the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita.
Vyasa was not only believed to have been born on this day, but also to have started writing the Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami which ends on this day, hence their recitations as a dedication to him, are organised on this day, which is also known as Vyasa Purnima.
The Brahma Sutras are attributed to Badarayana.
In the 12-13th century, Madhvacharya wrote commentaries on Brahma Sutras, which describe the supremacy of Lord Vishnu or Narayana.
Thus he laid out the foundation for Tatvavaada or Dvaita tradition of Vedanta refuting all the previous commentaries on Brahma Sutras.

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In the religious movement of Brahma Kumaris, celibacy is also promoted for peace and to defeat power of lust and to prepare for life in forthcoming Heaven on earth for 2, 500 years when children will be created by the power of the mind even for householders to like holy brother and sister.
In the Bodhisattva Vows of the Brahma Net Sutra, observed by some monastic communities and some lay followers, distribution of intoxicants is likewise discouraged as well as consumption.
The Initial Declaration was signed by 143 respected leaders from all of the world's major faiths, including Baha ' i Faith, Brahmanism, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Indigenous, Interfaith, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American, Neo-Pagan, Sikhism, Taoism, Theosophist, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian.
In 1911, Indian astronomer Venkatesh P. Ketakar suggested the existence of two trans-Neptunian planets, which he named Brahma and Vishnu, by reworking the patterns observed by Pierre-Simon Laplace in the planetary satellites of Jupiter and applying them to the outer planets.
Brahma works with the materials provided by Vishnu to actually create what are believed to be planets in Puranic terminology, and he supervises the population of them.
Sister Shivani of ' Awakening with Brahma Kumaris ' ( www. bkwsu. com ) explains that anger created by a negative emotion ( irritation, frustration, insult, hatred or rage ) could be forbidden by gradually forming a belief system that you are a peaceful soul and that nothing can disturb your peace until you consent.
bhu, bhuvas, svar, mahas, janas, tapas, and satya ( the world that is ruled by Brahma ); and the lower ones ( the " seven underworlds " or paatalas ) are atala, vitala, sutala, rasaataala, talatala, mahaatala, paatala.
According to the Matangalila, Airavata was born when Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the egg shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants.
The seven Swargas are: Bhuvas, Swas ( governed by Indra ), Tharus, Thaarus, Savithaa, Prapithaa, Maha ( governed by Brahma ).
He decides to attempt to kill Vishnu by gaining mystical powers, which he believes Brahma, the chief among the devas, will award him if he undergoes many years of great austerity and penance.
This initially seems to work as planned with Brahma becoming pleased by Hiranyakashipu's austerities.
In order to kill Hiranyakashipu and not upset the boon given by Brahma, the form of Narasimha is chosen.
Then, at the request of Brahma, Prahlada is presented to Narasimha, and finally he is calmed by the prayers of his devotee.
His younger brother, Hiranyaksha was slain by Varaha, one of the Avatars of Vishnu and angered by this, Hiranyakashipu decided to gain magical powers by performing a penance for Lord Brahma.
To which end he decides to attempt to kill Vishnu by gaining mystical powers, which he believes Brahma, the chief among the devas will award to him if he undergoes many years of great austerity and penance just as Brahma has awarded to other Rakshasas.
This initially seems to work as planned with Brahma becoming pleased by Hiranyakashipu's austerities.
In order to kill Hiranyakashipu and not upset the boon given by Brahma, the form of Narasimha was chosen.
Then, at the request of Brahma, Prahlada was presented to Narasimha, and finally, he was calmed by the prayers of his devotee.
He was a descendant of the sage Bhrigu, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma, the God of Creation.

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