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Sudarshan Iyengar H3-378
• Mon Jun 27 1994 - 15:44:53 PDT
Anup:
One clarification to my earlier mail.
sudarshan>> the "Eternal" category is Not a self contradiction.
sudarshan>> Consider it as an "irreducible axiom" which is essential to explain further
sudarshan>> Upanisadic concepts, but this axiom itself is not contradicted by anything else
sudarshan>> we know. (perception, inference, Sabda)
What I should have said here is:
Consider it as an "irreducible axiom" which helps to explain other
Upanisadic concepts, but whatever is posited due to this axiom (resultant
or consequent concepts) are not self contradictory.
PS: This is all with a view to coherently interpret all of the Ideas in the Upanisads
without exclusive bias towards any one Aphorism, thereby presenting one
non-contradictory corpus of thought.
