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Dr. Thibaut-and, following him, Colonel Jacob-
could at the same time hold that Sankara has
read certain of his own non-Vedic views into the
Upanishads for the purpose of reducing them to
a system. There is really not a shadow of
justification for this view, as we hope to show
later on when dealing with the detailed criticisms
of Dr. Thibaut on Sankara's interpretations.
His system as a whole, and every detail of it,
rests solely and purely on the authority of the
Sruti, as traditionally interpreted in the school
to which he belongs.
We shall also deal at once in general terms
with the other preliminary question regarding
the exact relation in which Sankara's doctrine
stands to the Sutras of Vyasa. Dr. Thibaut
says: "The philosophy of Sankara would on
the whole stand nearer to the teaching of the
Upanishads than the Sutras of Badarayana."
We shall, at a later stage, have to show that
every doctrine supposed by Dr. Thibaut (and
Colonel Jacob) to be read into the Sutras by
Sankara is to be found in them directly and by
implication. Meanwhile we shall only remark
that no one who knows anything of Indian
Dr. Thibaut-and, following him, Colonel Jacob-
could at the same time hold that Sankara has
read certain of his own non-Vedic views into the
Upanishads for the purpose of reducing them to
a system. There is really not a shadow of
justification for this view, as we hope to show
later on when dealing with the detailed criticisms
of Dr. Thibaut on Sankara's interpretations.
His system as a whole, and every detail of it,
rests solely and purely on the authority of the
Sruti, as traditionally interpreted in the school
to which he belongs.
We shall also deal at once in general terms
with the other preliminary question regarding
the exact relation in which Sankara's doctrine
stands to the Sutras of Vyasa. Dr. Thibaut
says: "The philosophy of Sankara would on
the whole stand nearer to the teaching of the
Upanishads than the Sutras of Badarayana."
We shall, at a later stage, have to show that
every doctrine supposed by Dr. Thibaut (and
Colonel Jacob) to be read into the Sutras by
Sankara is to be found in them directly and by
implication. Meanwhile we shall only remark
that no one who knows anything of Indian