
Introduction to Vedanta – Vedanta as a pramana – a direct means for self-knowledge
Introduction to Vedanta Archives - Arsha Bodha Center
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Is Shobde Primana Giving Indirect Knowledge?
Shobde primana can give direct knowledge both. I warned you, does e give direct knowledge or indirect knowledge? And some of you jumped,. hen you shouldn't jump, because both subta primana are unique and different. So pratucta primana gives direct knowledge. Our five sense organs a anumana, inference, only gives indirect but then we've just seen examples that shubde primana might give indirect knowledge, or it might give direct knowledge. If i use language to describe something eight housand miles away, how can that language give anything other than indirect knowledge? Gungotri is eight thousand miles away. It's not present in your experience.
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