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Upanishads, so we shall show it in this Sariraka-
Mimamsa (or inquiry into the real nature of the
embodied Self)"-the sutras of Vyasa.
Dr. Thibaut next proceeds to ascertain,
"independently of the sutras", what is the
teaching of the Upanishads in order to show
that they (like the sutras) do not support the
four doctrines which form the essentials of
Sankara's Vedantic doctrine. But, before com-
mencing this inquiry, he remarks that, "even if
it could be shown that all the Upanishads teach
a consistent doctrine, we should not on that
account be entitled to assume that the sutras set
forth the same doctrine, as there were in anicent
India "several essentially differing schools all of
which lay claim to the distinction of being the
true representatives of the teaching of the
Upanishads and the Sutras". We consider that
Dr. Thibaut does not speak here seriously and
is rather inclined to shirk the responsibility with
which he started when attempting to decide
whether Sankara rightly interpreted the
doctrine of the Sutras. Of course, to the repre-
sentatives of the different Vedanta Schools in
Upanishads, so we shall show it in this Sariraka-
Mimamsa (or inquiry into the real nature of the
embodied Self)"-the sutras of Vyasa.
Dr. Thibaut next proceeds to ascertain,
"independently of the sutras", what is the
teaching of the Upanishads in order to show
that they (like the sutras) do not support the
four doctrines which form the essentials of
Sankara's Vedantic doctrine. But, before com-
mencing this inquiry, he remarks that, "even if
it could be shown that all the Upanishads teach
a consistent doctrine, we should not on that
account be entitled to assume that the sutras set
forth the same doctrine, as there were in anicent
India "several essentially differing schools all of
which lay claim to the distinction of being the
true representatives of the teaching of the
Upanishads and the Sutras". We consider that
Dr. Thibaut does not speak here seriously and
is rather inclined to shirk the responsibility with
which he started when attempting to decide
whether Sankara rightly interpreted the
doctrine of the Sutras. Of course, to the repre-
sentatives of the different Vedanta Schools in