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'Unlike Shamkara, Ramanuja does not admit a distinction between illusory perception and true perception, for he declares that even in illusory perception, so-called, there is some perception of reality. Thus all experience has its validity.'

Practising 'right conduct of life' is likened by Sri Ramakrsna to 'using soap on a dirty cloth' and the act of 'meditation' to 'washing the cloth clean'. 'Both are essential,' he says, 'and not until through these means the evils of ignorance and misconception are washed away can spiritual peace be attained.'

Practising 'right conduct of life' is likened by Sri Ramakrsna to 'using soap on a dirty cloth' and the act of 'meditation' to 'washing the cloth clean'. 'Both are essential,' he says, 'and not until through these means the evils of ignorance and misconception are washed away can spiritual peace be attained.'

Practising 'right conduct of life' is likened by Sri Ramakrsna to 'using soap on a dirty cloth' and the act of 'meditation' to 'washing the cloth clean'. 'Both are essential,' he says, 'and not until through these means the evils of ignorance and misconception are washed away can spiritual peace be attained.'

Practising 'right conduct of life' is likened by Sri Ramakrsna to 'using soap on a dirty cloth' and the act of 'meditation' to 'washing the cloth clean'. 'Both are essential,' he says, 'and not until through these means the evils of ignorance and misconception are washed away can spiritual peace be attained.'

Practising 'right conduct of life' is likened by Sri Ramakrsna to 'using soap on a dirty cloth' and the act of 'meditation' to 'washing the cloth clean'. 'Both are essential,' he says, 'and not until through these means the evils of ignorance and misconception are washed away can spiritual peace be attained.'

...no relation to the nirvana of Buddha, the samadhi of the yogis, and the turiya, or transcendental consciousness, of the Upanishads.

In fact Buddha's teachings have often been mistakenly identified with the philosophy of flux as expounded by Bergson and Croce...especially Bergson...but on deeper analysis they prove to be at opposite poles...both Bergson and Croce speak much of intuition, but this intuition of theirs is confined to the realm where 'time' is supreme and a sense of the 'many' prevails. This pseudo-intuition of theirs has of course...

Curiously, there is no equivalent in Sanskrit for the word atheism. In the Gita mention is made of those who do not believe in God, the intelligent principle, but these are spoken of merely as of 'deluded intellect'.

Curiously, there is no equivalent in Sanskrit for the word atheism. In the Gita mention is made of those who do not believe in God, the intelligent principle, but these are spoken of merely as of 'deluded intellect'.