/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18026464]

>This self was indeed Brahman in the beginning. It knew itself only as "I am Brahman."
Therefore it became all. And whoever among the gods had this enlightenment, also
became That Brahman. It is the same with the seers (rishis), the same with men. The seer
Vamadeva, having realized this self as That, came to know: "I was Manu and the sun." And
to this day, whoever in a like manner knows the self as "I am Brahman," becomes all this
universe. Even the gods cannot prevent his becoming this, for he has become their Self.
Now, if a man worships another deity, thinking: "He is one and I am another," he does not
know. He is like an animal to the gods. As many animals serve a man, so does each man
serve the gods. Even if one animal is taken away, it causes anguish to the owner; how
much more so when many are taken away! Therefore it is not pleasing to the gods that men
should know this.
Seeds of advaitic thought in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest in existence, proving once and forever that advaita was not invented by Shankara, it coexisted with all other branches of vedanta since the birth of it all.

[Anonymous No.18026476]

I would be careful about reading Advaita Vedanta interpretations such as Shankara's as a commentary to the Upanishads, they are extremely reliant on Buddhist philosophy (Shankara is called a "cryptobuddhist" by most Hindus, and most scholars agree). If you want to read the Upanishads, work through them with editions and commentaries that aren't sectarian, or at least read an interpretation that is closer to the original meaning of the Upanishads, rather than Shankara's 9th century AD quasi-buddhism.

[Anonymous No.18026485]

>>18026476
like clockwork

[Anonymous No.18026498]

>>18026464
>Brahman
Where the fuck I can feel or see or meet him? And how?

[Anonymous No.18026505]

Please be aware that guenonfag, the advaita expert on /lit/ and number one Adi Shankara superfan, has finally accepted the consensus of scholarship and Hindus that Shankara was ripping off mahayana buddhism.

[Anonymous No.18026507]

>>18026498
>Where the fuck I can feel or see or meet him?
nigga you need to slow yo roll

[Anonymous No.18026510]

It is important to note that guenonfag's favorite Upanishads scholar, Patrick Olivelle, has decisively stated that advaita vedanta is a "late" theology and not the inherent theology of the Upanishads.

[Anonymous No.18026538]

>>18026505
>>18026510
Ass eating. All branches of vedanta have their roots in the Upanishads, because themselves are not a unitary corpus of literature, but were written and compiled by different schools and lineages.
>muh Shankara
You are either a bot or a complete imbecile.

[Anonymous No.18026541]

>>18026507
No I am fucking serious. I see no cool revelations of spirits or shit like that. Being a dry autist no better than an animal and it is so boring. Is this all there is?
Damn, why the actual fuck I exist

[Anonymous No.18027311]

bump

[Anonymous No.18028546]

>>18026541
Let go and you'll see. In the field of Karmic existence you're trapped in, you'll need to let go of desires to be free

[Anonymous No.18028999]

>>18026485
>>like clockwork
like clockwork

[Anonymous No.18029005]

>>18028999
holy trips!! I knew I had it in me.

[Anonymous No.18029070]

>>18026464
>He is like an animal to the gods. As many animals serve a man, so does each man
>serve the gods. Even if one animal is taken away, it causes anguish to the owner; how
>much more so when many are taken away! Therefore it is not pleasing to the gods that men
>should know this.
kek, hinduism is so retarded, no wonder all the sheeps follow this crap

[Anonymous No.18029172]

>>18029070
Seethe more

[Anonymous No.18029809]

>>18029070
>he didn't read the whole text
truly subhuman

[Anonymous No.18030007]

>>18029070
Cringe

[Anonymous No.18030833]

>>18029070
its telling you not to worship gods. only a christcuck or muslim would consider that retarded.