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adhyatmavidya

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  • Krishna and Arjuna
    Indian philosophy
    / Roles of sacred texts, mythology, and theism

    …systems that may be called adhyatmavidya, or sciences of spirituality, the sacred texts play a much greater role than they do in the logical systems (anvikshikividya). In the case of the former, Shankara, a leading Advaita Vedanta philosopher (c. 788–820 ce), perhaps best laid down the principles: reasoning should be…

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    …systems that may be called adhyatmavidya, or sciences of spirituality, the sacred texts play a much greater role than they do in the logical systems (anvikshikividya). In the case of the former, Shankara, a leading Advaita Vedanta philosopher (c. 788–820 ce), perhaps best laid down the principles: reasoning should be…

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