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kara who holds that the Paramatma established
in the adhikarana is only Isvara and not the
unconditioned Brahman as Sankara explains
later on in accordance with the interpretation of
his own school. There is thus no inconsistency
whatever in Sankara. Colonel Jacob himself
mentions this immediately after when he quotes
from Sankara's bhashya on
passage
sutra 16.
a
xcvii
The truth is that Sankaracharya's works
have to be first learned from the Pandits who
know the traditional interpretations of the
Advaita school. In India no one is allowed to
read the bhashyas privately, for thereby the
mind can only get filled with all sorts of fancies
and cannot steer clear of the suares and pitfalls
which abound everywhere. In these days, men
are busy with life's multifarious concerns and
are not prepared to spend the time and labour
needed for the task of sitting at the feet of
Pandits and going through a course of systema-
tie instruction. Moreover, the old order of
Pandits who are rapidly disappearing and alone
have made a patient, thorough, and exhaustive
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in the adhikarana is only Isvara and not the
unconditioned Brahman as Sankara explains
later on in accordance with the interpretation of
his own school. There is thus no inconsistency
whatever in Sankara. Colonel Jacob himself
mentions this immediately after when he quotes
from Sankara's bhashya on
passage
sutra 16.
a
xcvii
The truth is that Sankaracharya's works
have to be first learned from the Pandits who
know the traditional interpretations of the
Advaita school. In India no one is allowed to
read the bhashyas privately, for thereby the
mind can only get filled with all sorts of fancies
and cannot steer clear of the suares and pitfalls
which abound everywhere. In these days, men
are busy with life's multifarious concerns and
are not prepared to spend the time and labour
needed for the task of sitting at the feet of
Pandits and going through a course of systema-
tie instruction. Moreover, the old order of
Pandits who are rapidly disappearing and alone
have made a patient, thorough, and exhaustive
H