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Welcome to an exploration of applying metaphysics to the circumstances of everyday life.  We are primarily a study group that encourages discussion.  In the course of our study, we share with you, those teachings that we have found useful for riding upon the changing seas of life with awareness; and how to navigate your course, to shift your personal...(more)
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  Meenakshi : Connection

Metaphysics of the Vedanta

Meenakshi said Jul 8, 10:25 PM:
 

“The Upanisads are the metaphysical
speculations embodying the vital truths of the vedas.
They are the spiritual treasures of India.”  P. Nagaraja Rao in The Schools of Vedanta

Alfred North Whitehead is reported to have remarked that Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.


Huston Smith: essays on world religion‎ - Page 135by Huston Smith, M. Darrol Bryant