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or absorption possible is the getting rid of the
illusory world of name and form when the self
remains the self without the superposition of the
sense of duality or multiplicity due to the ig-
norance of what it is in its essential nature. Dr.
Thibaut has, we fear, failed here as elsewhere to
undestand what he calls "Sankara's doctrine"
or "the prevailing teaching of the Upanishads."
Dr. Thibaut finally sums up his views as
follows:-" It has been said before that the
task of reducing the teaching of the whole of the
Upanishads to a system consistent and free from
contradiction is an intrinsically impossible one.
But the task once given, we are quite ready to
admit that Sankara's system is most probably
the best that can be devised." We have said
enough above to show that the arguments which
he advances for arriving at this conclusion are
absolutely untenable, and that Dr. Thibaut has
failed to comprehend the Upanishads and the
Sutras of Vyasa. He is unequal to the task he
has undertaken of comprehending or interpreting
the Upanishadic doctrine. His translation of
Sankara's bhashya is itself full of serious errors.
or absorption possible is the getting rid of the
illusory world of name and form when the self
remains the self without the superposition of the
sense of duality or multiplicity due to the ig-
norance of what it is in its essential nature. Dr.
Thibaut has, we fear, failed here as elsewhere to
undestand what he calls "Sankara's doctrine"
or "the prevailing teaching of the Upanishads."
Dr. Thibaut finally sums up his views as
follows:-" It has been said before that the
task of reducing the teaching of the whole of the
Upanishads to a system consistent and free from
contradiction is an intrinsically impossible one.
But the task once given, we are quite ready to
admit that Sankara's system is most probably
the best that can be devised." We have said
enough above to show that the arguments which
he advances for arriving at this conclusion are
absolutely untenable, and that Dr. Thibaut has
failed to comprehend the Upanishads and the
Sutras of Vyasa. He is unequal to the task he
has undertaken of comprehending or interpreting
the Upanishadic doctrine. His translation of
Sankara's bhashya is itself full of serious errors.