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“Our ego feeds on the validation of others, our self feeds on evolution with others. That our purpose, perhaps, is to survive but survival here is not to cut the throat of ‘others’ but to evolve with them.”

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Book:Buddha's House of Mirrors
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SalvationKarmaHinduismVedantaHinduVedanta Concepts
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“Shankara’s views were gradually accepted, possibly because he presented brahman both as the cosmic principle and as a personal god (isvara), which added emphasis to the teaching of the later Upanisads and to that of Patañjali. Advaita Vedanta thus reinforced the teaching of the Bhagavadgitä and the concept of liberation (mukti) by grace (prasäda), faith (sraddha), and devotion (bhakti). It succeeded in reviving the ancient belief in the affinity of mankind with the world of nature. From being merely one of the darsanas, the Vedanta became an element that permeated all Hindu cults and dissolved sectarian distinctions. It gave to the Supreme Essence (paramätman), Vishnu and Shiva the common, all-inclusive designation, ‘Isvara’.”

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Book:Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 BC - AD 1500
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