Course Description & Objective

Course module no. 9: Samkara Advaita Vedanta
Topic 1: Nature of Brahman

The objective of this course is to equip students with the fundamental concepts underlying the Elements of Indian Philosophy to prepare for the Course module no. 9: Samkara Advaita Vedanta,Topic 1: Nature of Brahman for B.A.Part 1. Philosophy (Honours) Course. After going through this lesson, the students should be able to understand the following topics:

1. The metaphysical notion of ultimate reality

2. Samkara’s criterion: non-sublatability (trikala-abadhitvam)

3. Analysis of the human experience of causal relation (cause-effect)