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	Brahma Sutras
		The Brahma sUtra is known by many names: it is also called the VedAnta sUtra, Uttara-mimamsa sUtra, Shariraka sUtra and the Bhikshu sUtra.
		This text is called a collection of `sUtra's, pithy statements that discourse upon some specific aspect of the field -- and is the most important work relating to that doctrine, as it codifies the entire spectrum of thought encompassed by that doctrine, and serves as a point of reference for all matters of philosophical import.
		The justification for this is said to be that since each sUtra is itself a complete discourse rather than a mere statement in a work, it has to have a shAnti-pATha at the beginning and at the end, just as with complete works like the Bhagavad-Gita or the Upanishads.
	www.sankeertanam.com /brahma_sutras.htm (2257 words)

	Ramanuja [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		With respect to the two smaller commentaries on the Brahma Sutra, it has been argued that they must be inauthentic, because it seems unlikely that Ramanuja would himself have bothered to take the time to abridge his larger commentary, the Shri Bhashya (cf.
		Where all versions of Vedanta intersect is in their effort to provide a consistent and defendable interpretation of the Brahma Sutra, on philosophical and hermeneutic grounds.
		Vedanta Sutras with the Commentary of Ramanuja (Shri Bhashya).
	www.iep.utm.edu /r/ramanuja.htm (7956 words)

	Hinduism - Brahma Sutras
		The study of Brahma Sutras is a synthetic study of the Upanishads.
		Brahma Sutras is the Science of the Soul.
		The Bhashya of Sri Sankara on Brahma Sutras is known as Sareeraka Bhashya.
	www.hinduism.8k.com /brahmasutras.html (2458 words)

	Brahma Sutras : the Nyaya Pasthana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brahma Sutras along with Upanishads (Sruti Prasthana) and Bhagwad Gita (Smriti Prasthana) constitutes the ‘Prasthan trayi’ or the ‘three canons’ of Vedantic scriptures, which are the pristine springs of Vedantic metaphysics.
		Brahma Sutra is called the Nyaya or Yukti Prasthan, because it logically reconciles and explains the various questions and doubts which may possibly come while going through the Upanishads, the basic pramana granthas.
		Brahma Sutras should best be studied after completing the study of all Upanishads and that also through a proper teacher.
	www.vmission.org /vedanta/shastras/bsutras.htm (719 words)

	Who's Who on the Gohonzon? The Vedic Deities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brahma is a term for the highest class of deities residing in the Brahma Heavens.
		Union with Brahma or rebirth in the Brahma heavens of the realm of form (or any of the heavens for that matter) is treated by the Buddha as a legitimate though lesser goal for those who are unable to transcend their theistic assumptions about the goal of the religious life.
		Brahma simply does not remember that he too came into being in the palace of Brahma due to causes and conditions at the beginning of the unfolding of the world.
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	Bhagavad-Gita translation by Dr. Ramananda Prasad; 2nd edition.
		Brahma is the substratum, or the material and the efficient cause of the universe.
		Brahma, which is beyond birth and death, incarnates in human form through a great soul on earth to satisfy the longings of devotees who want to see Him and be in His personal presence.
		Brahma, Purusha, and Prakriti are the same yet different as the sun and its light and heat are the same as well as different.
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	Brahma - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Brahma, a god often identified, with Vishnu and Shiva, as one of the three supreme gods in Hinduism.
		The kalpa or "day of Brahma," equal to 4,320,000,000 earthly years, is a basic unit in Hindu chronology.
		Brahma and AmBev Schedule Shareholders' Meetings for September 14, 2000.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Brahma.html (447 words)

	The Hindu : The great Light of Thiruthannka
		Brahma did accordingly and an angry Saraswathi came in the form of a river in all fury to wash away the place where the ritual was held.
		Brahma prayed to Lord Narayana, who lay across the path of the river as "Vega Sethu" and the Yadoktakari Temple in Kanchipuram is connected with this legend.
		Brahma prayed to the Lord again who appeared as a bright light on the Swathi day in the Chithirai month and removed the hurdles on the path of the Sun and the Moon.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/fr/2003/08/15/stories/2003081501660800.htm (861 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> An Analyse Of The
		The Brahma Sutra is not studied in the beginning of the Vedanta Sastra.
		This is a peculiar aphorism in the Brahma Sutra.
		Sri Sankaracharya particularly, who comments on the Brahma Sutra elaborately, is, as I could understand, caught in the net of this kind of statement, because Acharya Sankara, whose commentary is the best, cannot agree that some limitation continues even in liberation! But he cannot say that the Sutra is wrong.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=7094 (18743 words)

	The Integrated Life According to the Brahma Sutra by Swami Krishnananda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The meaning of the Sutra is that the life of a householder is integral.
		All this is the reason why the Brahma Sutra is saying that the householder's life is integral.
		Rightly, the Brahma Sutra mentions him specially as the one whose life is perfectly integrated.
	www.swami-krishnananda.org /disc/disc_05.html (2164 words)

	Brahma :: Awaken Your Inner Ginga With Secrets From the BRAHMA SUTRA
		Available for the first time is the BRAHMA SUTRA, the ultimate guide for those seeking to bring ginga (pronounced "jing-ah") into their lives.
		And now that Brahma will be available for the first time in the U.S., the wisdom of the BRAHMA SUTRA can be enjoyed by all.
		Brahma will be sold in 12 oz bottles in six- and 12-packs.
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	Sribhashya
		It appears, as is evident in the next significant commentary of Bhaskara, that this formulation of the philosophy of the Sutras was found to be unacceptable to a considerable section of Vedantic philosophers.
		The rest of the first chapter elucidates the crucial passages of the Upanisads that appear to be ambiguous, and the result is a formulation of the philosophy of the Upanisads in a coherent and decisive manner.
		Thus the four Sutras establish the necessity and possibility of the inquiry into Brahman, the definition of It, the sources of knowledge concerning It, and the supreme value of the pursuit of the knowledge in question.
	www.ramanuja.org /sv/acharyas/ramanuja/sribhashya.html (3032 words)

	SUTRA VAAHINI
		The Sutras reveal that the outer universe (which has Brahmam as the base) and the inner universe (the Antar-jagath) are identical and cannot be differentiated.
		Brahma Vidya is another name for understanding and experiencing the Atma as the Brahman, the Individual as the Universal.
		The Sutra directs man to be aware of this and with that awareness constant in him, to contact the world through the sense, the mind and the intellect.
	sss.vn.ua /sutr_v_e.htm (16941 words)

	Brahma Sutra
		Die Brahma Sutra gibt uns zu beinahe jedem Abschnitt der Vedanta-Philosophie Hinweise.
		Wenn diese Schwierigkeit als wirkliche Absicht der Brahma Sutra zu verstehen ist, fühlten sich Kommentatoren, wie Acharya Sankara dazu angetrieben, dass die Nichtrückkehr und die Unsterblichkeit, von der in der Brahma Sutra die Rede ist, Brahman als Schöpfer und nicht als absoluten Brahman betrifft.
		In der Brahma Sutra findet sich eine sehr wichtige Aussage, wenn Anandamaya als Brahman definiert wird, wobei es heißt, Anandamaya ist Brahman.
	www.yoga-vidya.de /Yoga--Buch/Brahmasutras/15.htm (1442 words)

	Chinmaya International Foundation © - About Adi Sankara Nilayam :: Projects
		Brahma Sutras undertakes an intellectual analysis of the various philosophical positions and establishes the pre-eminence of Vedanta as the final import of Vedic revelation.
		His bhashyas (commentaries) on the Upanishads, the Bhagawad Geeta and Brahma Sutra are invaluable treasures of light and wisdom handed down to us out of his love and compassion for the suffering humanity.
		For a student trained in the modern ways of punctuation and presentation, the Brahma Sutra appears formidable and the various views and their lines of argument found in the Bhashya remain intractable.
	www.chinfo.org /Project.asp?ProjectID=1 (616 words)

	brahma-sUtra
		This text is called a collection of `sUtra'-s, pithy statements that discourse upon some specific aspect of the field -- and is the most important work relating to that doctrine, as it codifies the entire spectrum of thought encompassed by that doctrine, and serves as a point of reference for all matters of philosophical import.
		The justification for this is said to be that since each sUtra is itself a complete discourse rather than a mere statement in a work, it has to have a shAnti-pATha at the beginning and at the end, just as with complete works like the bhagavadgItA or the upanishhad-s.
		Some commentators have rather arbitrarily assigned certain sUtra-s as pUrvapaksha, although there is no indication in the sUtra-s themselves to that effect, and although this strongly militates against the notion that each sUtra is a complete exposition upon a certain subject.
	www.dvaita.org /madhva/brahma_suutra.html (2000 words)

	Brahma God Lord hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brahma is the Creative power of the cosmos in
		Brahma is one of the three attributes of God Almighty.
		Lord Brahma created the Cosmos and in the eyes of human beings that was the end of his job.
	www.godrealized.com /glossary/Brahma.html (822 words)

	The Brahma Net Sutra
		If a disciple of the Buddha disavows the eternal Mahayana sutras and moral codes, declaring that they were not actually taught by the Buddha, and instead follows and observes those of the Two Vehicles and deluded externalists, he commits a secondary offense.
		If a disciple of the Buddha fails to study Mahayana sutras and moral codes assiduously and cultivate correct views, correct nature and the correct Dharma Body, it is like abandoning the Seven Precious Jewels for [mere stones]: worldly texts and the Two-Vehicle or externalist commentaries.
		He should copy the sutras and moral codes onto bark, paper, fine cloth, or bamboo slats and not hesitate to use his own skin as paper, draw his own blood for ink and his marrow for ink solvent, or split his bones for use as pens.
	jsl.bonze.cn /zyjd/2010.htm (8800 words)

	Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Bhagavan tattva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Please note that Brahma and Brahman are not the same.
		In the vedanta sutras, we across terms like "Chandra Loka" which cannot really be the sattelite of earth we call the moon.
		Although this Brahma- saMhitA is complete with one hundred chapters, still this Fifth Chapter, being the condensed essence of the entire book, brings the subject matter within our grasp.
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	Brahma Net Sutra
		If a disciple of the Buddha disavows the eternal Mahayana sutras and moral codes, declaring that they were not actually taught by the Buddha, and instead follows and observes those of the Two Vehicles and deluded externalists, he commits a secondary offense.
		If a disciple of the Buddha fails to study Mahayana sutras and moral codes assiduously and cultivate correct views, correct nature and the correct Dharma Body, it is like abandoning the Seven Precious Jewels for [mere stones]: worldly texts and the Two-Vehicle or externalist commentaries.
		He should copy the sutras and moral codes onto bark, paper, fine cloth, or bamboo slats and not hesitate to use his own skin as paper, draw his own blood for ink and his marrow for ink solvent, or split his bones for use as pens.
	www.purifymind.com /BrahmaNetSutra.htm (8867 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Mar 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Siva Advaita is the philosophy of Shrikantha as expounded in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya, a Saivite commentary on the Brahma Sutras (ca 500-200 bce).
		The Brahma Sutras are 550 terse verses by Badarayana summarizing the Upanishads.
		The Brahma Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are the three central scriptures of the various interpretations of Vedanta philosophy.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1994/3/1994-3-12.shtml (1073 words)

	Blue Lotus Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Well-known as the "Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra", the Brahma Net Sutra is regarded as fundamental among scriptures elucidating Mahayana bodhisattva precepts.
		Volume 1 expounds forty stages of bodhisattva practice that are classified into four groups: (1) ten initial stages, (2) ten steps in the nourishment of perfection, (3) ten diamond steps of firmness, and (4) ten stages of development.
		This sutra was highly valued in China and Japan because it describes the precepts for Mahayana bodhisattvas, and many commentaries were written on it.
	www.skhquest.com /mvm/bla/BrahmaNetSutra.html (210 words)

	Vedanta - An Introduction - Ministry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first two are received as scripture, the Brahma Sutra is a collection of terse, apophthegmatic sutras which explore the nature of Brahman and the path to liberation.
		The Brahma Sutras contain references to a number of early philosophers and teachers some of whom are known from other texts, but others unknown or virtually unknown to us.
		Unfortunately the sutras do not identify the texts they relate to: in the case of some sutras scholars agree which texts are being discussed, but in the case of others there is no agreement.
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	Yoga Network - Articles
		The texts comprising the Prasthana Traya are the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Brahma sutra.
		While the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita are authoritative Vedanta texts, it is in the Brahma sutra that the teachings of Vedanta are set forth in a systematic and logical order.
		The Brahma sutra is known by many names: it is also called the Vedanta sutra, Uttara-mimamsa, Shariraka sutra and the Bhikshu sutra.
	www.yoganetwork.org /articles/article_37.html (249 words)

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		The Brahma Sutra adopts the technique of Objection (Purva Paksha) and conclusion (Siddhatha) to expound the Vedanthic truth.
		The second Sutra lays down the creative aspect of Brahmam, and declares that the aspect cannot be limited to this particular cosmos.
		Brahma Vidya, the knowledge and the experience of the ONE, that alone is to be pursued." It is an arduous process for man to become aware of the ONE, which is his core.
	satya-sai.tripod.com /literature/Sutra.doc (17131 words)

	brahmanet
		Please note that the Mahayana Brahma Net Sutra, (and the Bodhisattva precepts contained therein), is a different text from the sutra of the same name found in the Digha Nikáya of the Pali (Theravada) canon.
		In the Shurangama Sutra it says: "All living beings are sustained in their lives because of sexual desire." If they cut off sexual desire, they can transcend revolving in samsára; they can leap out of Birth and Death (Master Hsuan Hua).
		Furthermore, in the Avatamsaka Sutra (chapter 49), sentient beings are compared to the roots of a tree growing in the rocks and sand of the barren wilderness, while the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are the flowers and fruits.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/brahmanet.htm (12670 words)

	Brahma Sutra Bhashya
		Of commentaries on the Brahma Sutram, Shankara's commentary stands pre-eminent in elaborating advaita vedanta according to his tradition, or sampradaya.
		This is evidenced by the fact that the genesis of post shankara schools arises from sub-commentaries on primarily his brahma sutra bhASyam.
		His astonishing introduction to his Brahma Sutra Bhashyam (BSB), often called the adhyAsa bhASyam, is, in my view, one of the greatest texts written on vedanta, and holds the status for me of a Sruti.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /articles/adhyasa_bhashyam.htm (4266 words)

	Re: ARTICLE : Shankara's Brahma Sutra Bhashya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The style is that of an (advaita) Vedantin either arguing > with an opponent or resolving doubts [of a student of advaita Vedanta].
		But the author of > SBSB does have a personality which can at best be described as orthodox, > for he scrupulously agrees word for word with the Brahma Sutras even in cases > like animal-sacrifice and prohibition of the Shudra from knowledge of the Vedas.
		> > No. The Brahma Sutras say in (3.1.25): "If it be argued that rites > (involving killing of animals) is unholy, we say, no, since they are sanctioned > by scriptures." > > Shankara agrees,"...knowledge of virtue and vice is derived from the > scriptures.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_10/msg00029.html (1028 words)

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