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Single Idea 8158
[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
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Full Idea
Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain.
Gist of Idea
Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain
Source
Anon (Upan) (The Upanishads [c.950 BCE], 'Brihadaranyaka')
Book Ref
'The Upanishads', ed/tr. Prabhavananda /Manchester [Mentor 1957], p.110
A Reaction
In the end all the religions seem to gravitate towards fideism and away from reasoned argument. The Catholic Church may be the last bastion of rational theology. Islam (10th cent), Protestantism (16th) and Judaism (17th) all rejected philosophy.
The
18 ideas
from 'The Upanishads'
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8159
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Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!
[Anon (Upan)]
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8156
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The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self
[Anon (Upan)]
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8157
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A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled
[Anon (Upan)]
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8158
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Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain
[Anon (Upan)]
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8155
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Without speech we cannot know right/wrong, true/false, good/bad, or pleasant/unpleasant
[Anon (Upan)]
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8153
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By knowing one piece of clay or gold, you know all of clay or gold
[Anon (Upan)]
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8154
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Originally there must have been just Existence, which could not come from non-existence
[Anon (Upan)]
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8152
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Earth, food, fire, sun are all forms of Brahman
[Anon (Upan)]
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8144
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Brahman is the Uncaused Cause
[Anon (Upan)]
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8142
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The wise prefer good to pleasure; the foolish are drawn to pleasure by desire
[Anon (Upan)]
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8143
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Self is the rider, intellect the charioteer, mind the reins, and body the chariot
[Anon (Upan)]
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8147
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We have an apparent and a true self; only the second one exists, and we must seek to know it
[Anon (Upan)]
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8146
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The immortal in us is the part that never sleeps, and shapes our dreams
[Anon (Upan)]
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8145
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Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits
[Anon (Upan)]
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8149
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Charity and ritual observance distract from the highest good of religion
[Anon (Upan)]
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8150
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The immortal Self and the sad individual self are like two golden birds perched on one tree
[Anon (Upan)]
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8148
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Brahma, supreme god and protector of the universe, arose from the ocean of existence
[Anon (Upan)]
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8151
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Let your teacher be a god to you
[Anon (Upan)]
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