1845.] Vtddnta- Sara, or Essence of the Veddnta, 123 



the sky, covered by inner forests, or like the sky, reflected by the 

 inner oceans. The uninherent soul, when like a burning iron-ball, 

 not separated from both, the great expanse and the soul, in which the 

 former is inherent, is the literal meaning of the great sentence : all 

 this is in truth Bramha ; when separated, it is the real meaning. 

 Thus is the improper transferring of an unreal thing upon the real 

 thing generally explained. 



The various modes of placing this and this, or that and that, 

 Various modes of u P on the all- pervading soul, will now be sped- 



transferring. fied. 



A very common man, because the Sruti says, " The soul is born 

 as a son," because he loves his son as himself, and because, when his 

 son is in good or bad circumstances, he thinks himself so, asserts, that 

 the son is the soul. A Charvaka*, because the Sruti says, " This 

 soul is a body of blood and flesh, because he leaves his own son in a 

 burning house to save himself, and because he thinks, I am stout, I 

 am thin, asserts, that the gross body is the soul." Another Charvaka, 

 because the Sruti says, ff The sentient souls, repairing to the Lord 

 of creation, addressed him thus," because there is a want of bodily mo- 

 tion, when there is a want of the intellectual organs, and because he 

 thinks, I am blind, I am deaf, asserts, that the intellectual organs 

 are the soul. Another Charvaka, because the Sruti says, " The other 

 internal soul is vital," because there is a want of action of the intel- 

 lectual senses, when the vital airs are wanting, and because he thinks, 

 I am hungry, I am thirsty, asserts, that the vital airs are the soul. 

 Another Charvaka, because the Sruti says, " The other internal soul 

 is reason," because there is a want of the action of the vital airs, 

 &c, when the mind sleeps, and because he thinks, I assent, I 

 doubt, asserts, that the reason is the soul. A Bauddha,t because 



* Colebrooke, R. A. Trans, vol. i. p. 597, says of the sect of the Charvacas, that 

 they restrict to perception only the means of proof and sources of knowledge, that 

 besides the four elements, earth, water, fire and wind, they acknowledge no other 

 principles, that the soul is not different from the body. 



t Col. Miscell. Essays, vol. i. p. 396. The Bauddhas or Saugatas are followers 

 of Buddha or Sugata. No less than four sects have arisen among the followers of 

 Buddha. Some maintain, that all is void. To those the designation of Madhy- 

 amica is asserted by several of the commentators of the Vedanta. Other disciples 

 of Buddha... main tain the existence of conscious sense alone. These are called 



