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Schools of Nyāya and Vedānta did not merely disagree on metaphysics; they fundamentally diverged on …
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Beyond the Gita: The Untold Argumentative Counter-Texts to Karma Yoga
The Bhagavad Gita is often taught as a definitive handbook on duty, but a specific stream of Advaita Vedanta literature from the 12th century explicitly deconstructs the Gita's empirical ethics in favor of pure adhyatmika (inward) contemplation, completely erasing the agency of the actor.
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