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Book Description: "The Brahma Sutras, also known as Vedanta Sutras, constitute the Nyaya prasthana, the logical starting point of the Vedanta philosophy (Nyaya = logic/order). No study of Vedānta is considered complete without a close examination of the Prasthāna Traya, the texts that stand as the three starting points.While the Upanishads (Sruti prasthāna, the starting point of revelation) and the Bhagavad-Gita (Smriti prasthāna, the starting point of remembered tradition) are the basic source texts of Vedanta, it is in the Brahma sutras that the teachings of Vedānta are set forth in a systematic and logical order.Vaishnavite tradition identifies Badarayaņa, the author of the Brahma Sutra, with Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedas and the author of the Mahabharata." (Quote from wikipedia.org)Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Introduction; First AdhyÂya; First PÂda; Then Therefore The Enquiry Into Brahman; The Small PÛrvapaksha; The Small SiddhÂnta; The Great PÛrvapaksha; The Great SiddhÂnta; There Is No Proof Of Non-differenced Substance; Sabda Proves Difference; Pratyaksha--even Of The Nirvikalpaka Kind--proves Difference; The BhedÂbheda view Is Untenable; Inference Also Teaches Difference; Perception Does Not Reveal Mere Being; Plurality Is Not Unreal; Being And Consciousness Are Not One; The True Meaning Of SvayamprakÂsatva; Consciousness Is Not Eternal; There Is No Consciousness Without Object; Consciousness Is Capable Of Change; Consciousness Is The Attribute Of A Permanent Conscious Self; The view That The Conscious Subject Is Something Unreal, Due To The AhamkÂra, Cannot Be Maintained; The Conscious Subject Persists In Deep Sleep; The Conscious Subject Persists In The State Of Release; In Cases Of Scripture Conflicting With Perception, Scripture Is Not Stronger. The True Cannot Be Known Through The Untrue; No Scriptural Texts Teach A Brahman Devoid Of All Difference; Nor Do Smriti And PurÂna Teac