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Scholar N.Ch. Krishnamacharya was remembered with a concert.
The 'Krishnamacharya Kala Peetham' of Vijayawada, which was established a few years ago in memory of the great violin vidwan, scholar and guru who trained many disciples in violin and vocal, released the second edition of Thyagaraja Geyardha Kunchika authored by the late N. Ch. Krishnamacharyulu at a function at Sri Sivaramakrishna Kshetram.
The first edition of this book was much in demand and copies sold like hot cakes, as it contained almost all the keertanas of Thyagaraja along with erudite commentary on each keertana. The second edition was released by scholar T.S.Ramachandra Rao.
N.Ch. Jagannadhacharyulu presided over the function, while vidwan Malladi Suribabu and T.K.V. Raghavan were the guests of honour. On the occasion, veteran violin vidwan Neti Srirama Sarma was honoured. The function was followed by a fine vocal duet concert by the T.K. Sisters, Saroja Janardan and Sujatha, who were disciples of the late Krishnamacharyulu.
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Income splitting
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Income splitting is a tax policy of fictionally attributing earned income of one spouse to the other spouse for the purposes of assessing personal income tax (i.e. "splitting" away the income of the greater earner, reducing his/her income for tax measurement purposes), thus reducing tax rates paid by the spouse who earns more and increasing rates paid by a spouse who earns less (or nothing).
Global Incidence and Ramifications for Sovereign Debt, Fertility Rates[edit]
Of developed countries, only the United States, France and Portugal require earned income splitting in marital tax measurement. The International Monetary Fund has called for those countries to abandon the practice along with other tax practices, such as the method of assessing payroll tax in the United States, which assesses extra taxes, higher tax rates, and reduced benefits to families that have two earners, and provides funded and unfunded subsidies to patriarchal families, which are related to sovereign debt problems in these countries.[1]
For example, in the United States, the spouse to whom the income is fictionally attributed does not pay payroll tax on that "split" income, while the benefit of that spouse's lower rate does accrue to the greater earner. The "split" is thus ignored in that context while it is applied in the income tax context. Even though the fictionally earning spouse does not pay payroll tax, the couple draws two sets of Social Security and Medicare benefits.
Only a few OECD countries even allow such fillings, including Norway, the Netherlands and Germany.
Declining fertility rates in countries that subsidize patriarchal/maternalist marriage and rebounding fertility rates in countries that shift their policies to recognizing equal parental responsibility are also a factor in many countries abandoning earned income splitting for tax measurement.[2]
In part because of these concerns, as well as child welfare policies that advocate recognizing both parents having personal responsibility for children in order to support their development without distortion, income splitting is becoming rare globally, and, since 1970, it has been abolished in many countries.
Some countries require joint returns but measure the tax on earned income individually, while others use only individual returns. Tax laws in these countries generally have regulations preventing the direct transfer of earned income from one spouse to another to reduce taxes. There are often still methods of using income splitting to reduce taxes in these jurisdictions. For those who own their own company, hiring family members will often reduce the overall tax burden by shifting income to lower-income family members.
United States[edit]
In the United States, tax benefits or "marriage bonuses" to married couples with only one breadwinner (or with a breadwinner earning the bulk of the couple's income) have been cited by the Tax Policy Center as one of the debt-ballooning policies of the Bush tax cuts. The Tax Policy Center asserts that these "marriage bonuses" are often subsidized by single people and two-earner marriages or are unfunded and thus contribute to government borrowing.[3]
While its effects on the national debt have increased substantially in recent years, income splitting became required for married persons filing jointly in the United States in 1948.[citation needed] After two successive vetoes by President Truman,[citation needed] a GOP-led effort in Congress obtained enough votes to institute the splitting of marital income. Until then, only single filing was permitted. However, couples in community property states such as California had access to de facto income splitting, since one-half of the income of one spouse could be attributed to the other spouse. This led to equity issues among taxpayers in community property states and those in common law states and hastened the passage of de jure income splitting. While other solutions to this distortion in community property states were available, political activism to establish a male entitlement (or first right) to paid work, and to push women back into unpaid or lower paid work after their substantial economic contributions during World War II, led to the override of Truman's double veto.[4]
Income splitting is strongly opposed by United States economists such as Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson, by some people in two-earner marriages, and especially by those in Shared Earning/Shared Parenting Marriages.[citation needed] The opposition also comes from those who see this type of taxation contributing to problems of Child neglect, particularly by fathers, family breakdown, equal pay for equal work problems for women, poverty in general, and the Feminization of poverty, particularly in older women.[citation needed]
The Netherlands has a form of earned income splitting, which is considered to be hampering women's participation in the workforce, paternal personal responsibility for children and suppressing fertility rates.
Germany has a form of earned income splitting, but there is increasing acknowledgment of the connection between the declining fertility rate in Germany to these and other policies of subsidizing patriarchal marriage, some of which were originally enacted by Adolf Hitler.[5]
Income splitting has never existed in Canada. Originally, Canadian households were almost exclusively deemed to be single income households. In 1962, a Royal Commission on Taxation was initiated under Kenneth Carter by PM John Diefenbaker to examine and to recommend improvements to the federal tax system. The report declared "that fairness should be the foremost objective of the taxation system; the existing system was not only too complicated and inefficient, but under it the poor paid more than their fair share while the wealthy avoided taxes through various loopholes."[6]
From the Carter commission's report:
- We conclude that the present system is lacking in essential fairness between families in similar circumstances and that attempts to prevent abuses of the system have produced serious anomalies and rigidities. Most of these results are inherent in the concept that each individual is a separate taxable entity. Taxation of the individual in almost total disregard for his inevitably close financial and economic ties with the other members of the basic social unit of which he is ordinarily a member, the family, is in our view another striking instance of the lack of a comprehensive and rational pattern in the present tax system. In keeping with our general theme that the scope of our tax concepts should be broadened and made more consistent in order to achieve equity, we recommend that the family be treated as a tax unit and taxed on a rate schedule applicable to family units. Individuals who are not members of a family unit would continue to be treated as separate tax units and would be taxed on a schedule applicable to individuals.[7]
Subsequently, the 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women recommended a system of elective joint taxation to address the issues of both tax fairness between families and concerns regarding disincentives for women's participation in the work force.[8]
Combined family income is not used to calculate a family's tax liability, but it is used to determine a family's eligibility for tax-delivered benefit payments, such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB). Households of similar gross incomes are bearing broadly different tax obligations.[9] On an individual basis this is not the case.[10] Households with the same total income are eligible for identical tax-delivered benefit payments but may have significantly different tax liabilities.[11] Further, while bearing the same general costs of everyday life such as child care one family can experience far greater tax relief while having the same gross income, due to the requirement child care expenses be applied to the lower spouse's income.[12]
After enacting income splitting for retired couples in 2006, in 2011 the Conservative Party of Canada led by Stephen Harper won a majority government with a platform promising limited income splitting. The proposed policy would allow families, with children under 18, to split their household income of up to $50,000, once the federal budget was balanced. The Tories estimate that almost 1.8 million families would be able to capitalize on the tax package and they would save an average of $1,300 annually.[13]
A 2013 study by the C. D. Howe Institute concluded that incoming splitting "does more harm than good,"[14] and a 2014 study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives claims that would primarily benefit wealthier families.[15]
However, the CD Howe study went far beyond the scope of the limited proposal in the Conservative campaign platform by including the consequences of the provinces following suit.[16] It also speculates upon the effects of workforce participation of the lower earning spouse[17] which is easily addressed by elective joint taxation such as recommended by the 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women. [18]
In February 2014, a day after introducing the 2014 budget, Minister Flaherty distanced himself from the concept of income splitting, but others within the Cabinet still support the idea.[19][20][21]
See also[edit]
- ^ Yukhananov, Anna (September 23, 2013). "IMF warns of slow progress achieving gender equality". Reuters. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ Feichtinger, Gustav; Prskawetz, Alexia; Seidl, Andrea; Simon, Christa; Wrzaczek, Stefan (2013). "Do egalitarian societies boost fertility?". Vienna Institute of Demography Working Papers (2/2013): 2. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Taxation and the Family: What are marriage penalties and bonuses?". The Tax Policy Center. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "An interview with Edward J. McCaffery author of Taxing Women". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ Daley, Suan; Nicholas Kulish (August 13, 2013). "Germany Fights Population Drop". New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "Royal Commission on Taxation". The Canadian Encyclopedia. February 2006.
- ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation Volume 3 Taxation of Income". Government of Canada. 1966.
- ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada". Government of Canada. 1970.
- ^ "Income Tax Act". Government of Canada. 2014.
- ^ "Income Tax Act". Government of Canada. 2014.
- ^ "Income Tax Act". Government of Canada. 2014.
- ^ "Income Tax Act". Government of Canada. 2014.
- ^ "Harper pitches income splitting for families". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2011.
- ^ "Why Income Splitting for Two-Parent Families Does More Harm than Good". C.D. Howe Institute. October 2013.
- ^ Monsebraaten, Laurie (2014-01-28). "Stephen Harper's income-splitting plan would favour rich, tax study finds". The Toronto Star.
- ^ "Why Income Splitting for Two-Parent Families Does More Harm than Good". C.D. Howe Institute. October 2013.
- ^ "Why Income Splitting for Two-Parent Families Does More Harm than Good". C.D. Howe Institute. October 2013.
- ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada". Government of Canada. 1970.
- ^ Curry, Bill (2014-02-12). "Flaherty challenges Tories' income-splitting plan, Employment Minister disagrees". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Payton, Laura (2014-02-12). "Jim Flaherty backs away from income-splitting promise". CBC News.
- ^ "Cabinet rift opens after Flaherty backtracks on Conservatives' key income-splitting policy". National Post. 2014-02-12. With files from The Canadian Press.


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Detroit Councilwoman: We voted for you now give us some of that Govt BaconSubmitted by JO4RP on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 14:46
Saw this link and had to check it out - unfortunately, Fox2 in Detroit must be getting a lot of hits as it took a while for the video to play. "after the election of Jimmy Carter...they came back with some bacon, that's what you do!"
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Clowney to Colts' Luck: Better have your head on a swivel
MAY 09, 2014 3:43p ET
Before Jadeveon Clowney officially became a member of the Houston Texans after the team took him with the first-overall pick of the NFL Draft Thursday night, the former South Carolina defensive end was already dishing out the trash talk to other members in the AFC South.
Wednesday, during one of Clowney's many pre-draft appearances, he reportedly told Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck "better have his head on a swivel" if he and Texans defensive end J.J. Watt get to team up.
Clowney said if he gets to team up with JJ Watt then Andrew Luck, "better have his head on a swivel."— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel)
May 7, 2014
Now Clowney has to make good on the threat when the Texans face Luck and the Colts for the first of two occasions during the upcoming season on October 9 in Houston.
While Watt has refrained from the trash talking of his division rivals with the improved, potentially terrifying Texans defensive line, the two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher seems to be eager about the opportunity to work with Clowney, being among the first to call him after being drafted.
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Randy McClave
A Man Is Poem by Randy McClave
A Man is,
Is what a Man does
What he does, is what he believes.
If he ever stops doing
In what he does believe
He will never again believe.
For he will be a disgrace
In his own grace
A rejection to his sight,
While doing the things
That he once had denied
Now he lives from the roots of his lies.
He will say one thing
Then he will do another
Liken a disease under cover,
While thinking it is good
And also thinking it is fine
Then destroying themselves in that crime.
Sometimes he is good
And then sometimes he is right
And sometimes he will have pleasure in his sight,
But when he starts doing
The things against which he talked about
He himself becomes that lie.
He will be a disgrace
And in the eyes of all others
And will also leave himself in doubt,
As a man does not cheat
And a man never robs or steals
His man hood is all that he worries about.
He tries to do no wrong
Against family or friends
So strong is a mans will,
He will fight for his right
Will break is own back
And only to GOD will he ever kneel.
He works for his living
Proudly collects the sweat on his brow
He takes no hand out from any man,
As what he does own
Is what he had earned
But that only a man could understand.
He fights his own battles
He asks no one to fight them for him
As a man he has his pride,
He lives by his conscience
He stands for his family
Sometimes with GOD only at his side.
As his son someday
He will become a man
Almost the same as his father was
He will be brave and will be honest
And Loving father he will be known
And his heart will always be filled with love.
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Roseann Shawiak (12/27/2013 6:42:00 PM)
A very traditional look at manhood, many men don't bother with any of it these days and that's too bad. Good thoughts. Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn (Report) Reply
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I don't look at the Bible as
I don't look at the Bible as relgion...I see it as a very good history/science book that people should learn from and study.
I'm interested in the historical and scientific revelations of the Bible that prove modern day mainstream history and science are bunk.
There's too much historical and empirical evidence to deny we're being lied to about so many things. Surprise, surprise. Not really. Par for the course really.
History and science yes, religion no. I've always thought of, "religion," as something to take the place of God.
Jesus didn't give us religion, he gave us life and forgiveness.
Mainstream science and history still won't admit that civilizations from thousands of years ago were more technologically advanced than we are today. That ancient knowledge has been erased from the official history and science books, because ancient knowledge is only taught to the initiates today, willing to bite the apple and sell their souls to the devil himself for the betterment of themselves and to the detriment of society as a whole.
Ancient science today is covered in mystery. It's called the occult, because their knowledge is hidden from most.
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FIFA should ban Suarez from World Cup
Yet again, blatant cynical cheating in football is not being adequately punished.
Uruguay forward Luis Suarez escaped with a one-match suspension from FIFA on Saturday for deliberately using his hands to slap away what would have been a dead-cert match-winning goal for Ghana.
So he'll miss the semifinal. Suarez will be back, suspension served, for the final or the third-place match, depending on how Uruguay fares.
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That is so wrong. FIFA should have sent him packing from the World Cup, deterred cheats by making an example of this one.
"Foot" and "ball." It couldn't be any simpler. The most basic rule is no handling by anyone other than the goalkeeper, and Suarez slapped it in the face.
FIFA can draw up as many fair play codes as it likes, they will remain dead letters as long as cheats are allowed to prosper. Thierry Henry was allowed to escape scot-free for his double hand ball that led to France, instead of Ireland, playing at this World Cup. FIFA flaccidly argued that its disciplinary panel couldn't punish the French striker because the referee and his officials did not spot his cheating during the game.
FIFA doesn't have that excuse this time. Referee Olegario Benquerenca did his job in showing Suarez the red card. FIFA should have done its duty by suspending Suarez for Uruguay's last two games.
"Cheating is easy, but brings no pleasure," says FIFA's fair play code. But that is not true. Suarez will still have the pleasure of playing another World Cup match - a pleasure he stole from Ghana's players.
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez's assertion that Suarez's action was a natural reflex is codswallop.
Suarez knew what he was doing. He took a calculated risk. The teams were tied at 1-1. It was the last minute of the match. Dominic Adiyiah's header was goal-bound for Ghana. So Suarez lifted both arms and pushed it away. He didn't even try to use his head or chest. He knew that the punishment for handling would be a penalty for Ghana. But that had to be better for Uruguay than losing to a last-gasp goal.
And the gamble paid off when Ghana's penalty-taker Asamoah Gyan thumped the crossbar with his shot. Suarez pumped his fists in celebration.
"I think I made the best save of the World Cup," he said afterward, tickled pink with himself.
It would be wrong in the wake of Suarez's dishonesty to push FIFA for changes to the laws of the game so that referees could award goals that are illegally and deliberately blocked, even if they don't cross the line. Basketball awards points for such eventualities, punishing teams for swatting away a ball that is already starting to go in. Ice hockey also allows umpires to declare in certain cases that a goalward-bound shot was a goal, even if the puck did not go in.
Asking similar of football referees is not the answer. They are already struggling to keep pace with all the action in the fast modern game. Asking them to also judge whether a goal would or would not have gone in had X, Y, or Z happened, or not happened, will guarantee bad calls. Instantly calculating ball trajectories and whether a hand stopped it from hitting the net is a job for technologies like Hawk-Eye, not overworked referees.
A better solution is deterrence. Come down harder on cheats. Ruin the rest of Suarez's World Cup like he ruined it for the Ghanaians and the millions of Africans who thought Adiyiah's header was about to carry them to the first semifinal for an African team.
Suarez said being sent off "was worth it."
FIFA could have proved him wrong. Instead, it proved him right.
John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org.
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I would like my application to suspend its activities when the device reaches a certain user defined battery level and not have to use the Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW and Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY. I have seen this option in a lot of programs and would like to emulate it with my application.
I understand that the Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED must be a registered event. You can not just declare it in the manifest for a BroadcastReceiver to get that receiver to get the Intent. I know how to code up how to get the battery level / scale and see if the device is being charged via USB or AC
My current thought process has brought me to 2 choices and I can't find out which is the best option or if there is another option that I am not aware of?? Maybe someone could help me with the pros and cons of the options to help me out??
Option 1: Create a repeating alarm using the AlarmManager to basically poll the device every so often to check the battery level. So that when my alarm fires it would send a custom Intent for my manifest registered receiver to check the battery level.
PRO no background service running that could get killed or eat up battery life.
CONs not having realtime detection of plugging/unplugging the device from a charging source and having to rely on the next fired alarm to detect the change.
Option 2: Create a service that registers a receiver for Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED so it will not only get the battery level when it is broadcast by the system, but will detect the changes in charging realtime.
PRO realtime detection of battery life change and changes to charging method.
CON a constant service running that could get killed
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Battery Level:
Get battery level before broadcast receiver responds for Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED
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Plugged In/Charging:
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int plugged = intent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
return plugged == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC || plugged == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB;
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|Vedanta has been listed as a level-4 vital article in Philosophy. If you can improve it, please do. This article has been rated as C-Class.
|This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
- 1 Meaning of Vedanta
- 2 Advaita
- 3 Non-Hindus
- 4 Schrodinger, etc.
- 5 Like the new format
- 6 clean up
- 7 Vedanta and Yoga
- 8 Acharya and Commentaries
- 9 Other Vedantic Schools
- 10 Transition from Vedic to Vedantic Religion
- 11 List of schools of thought
- 12 Modern times section
- 13 Dualism vs. Non-dualism
- 14 End
- 15 Link
- 16 Etymology?
- 17 Misleading
- 18 Comparison to Western Philosophies
Meaning of Vedanta[edit]
"The word Vedanta teaches that the believer's goal is to transcend the limitations of self-identity." This sentence in the introduction seems out of place and it doesn't make any sense. The word Vedanta itself does not 'teach' anything.
- The meaning stated here is very incorrect.
- Ved is to reveal the truth (using mimansha ie ved kriya). Anta means end.
- So Ved-anta literally means the result (conclusion) of ved.
- If ved krya was not flawed, then the :resultant conclusion must be the truth. - Divya Indu Chakraborty Gautama--184.108.40.206 (talk) 23:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
The page says,"Advaita (ad- not, dwaita- two; meaning non-duality)"
Is it not supposed to read "Advaita (a- not, dwaita- two; meaning non-duality)"?
- Correct. Changed Chancemill 12:38, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)
references to other religions shouldn't be brought up in this article, people are putting POV into these articles, leave other religions out of it. This is about Vedanta
Schrodinger, etc.[edit]
That stuff about Vedanta and modern science is a bunch of orientalist hooey--it is irrelevant, and should be removed from the article completely.
Response to "Schrodinger, etc."[edit]
No it's not. A simple Google search turns up several links to confirm the fact that Schrodinger was a Vedantist. Here's one of them:
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (August 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961) was an Austrian physicist famous for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1933. He proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, and he had a life-long interest in Vedanta.
Another point. Confronted with the complexities of quantum physics("--how can something be a wave and a particle at the same time?How can it be in two places at the same time?",students of Physics must grapple with issues of reality, perception and illusion. To my mind, Vedanta is the most suitable philosophical platform that addresses this type of enquiry-- doubtless prompting the interest of eminent physicists on the subject.
(?08:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)Canossa2006")
- If scientists today were more conscious of the difference between appearance and reality, they might not have so many paradoxes. According to Schopenhauer, we can only know appearances, except in one case, when we know ourselves as blind urge, impulse, will. Schrödinger was aware of the difference between appearance and reality as a result of his studies of philosophy and Vedanta. He knew that the paradoxes of quantum mechanics result from an ignorance of the fact that science can only describe and predict appearances and never truly know any underlying, non–appearing reality.Lestrade (talk) 13:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Lestrade
Re-Response to Schrodinger, etc.[edit]
Just because Schrodinger believed he was a follower of Vedanta is not an indication that he was a Vedantin. Many other western thinkers (e.g. Schopenhauer, Deussen) have thought of themselves as Vedantins, but their teachings are far from those of pre-modern Vedantins.
The members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo believed that they were following the Buddha's teachings. They were the ones who were responsible for a nerve gas attack in a Tokyo subway station. Should we mention them in the entry on Buddhism?
Re: Undoubtedly? Genghis Khan himself was a buddhist, of all the people. Plain declaration is of course not enough - but that is not the only source of confirming his saying though... Claims of famous people, are included in MANY articles of wikipedia. Thus, we can let them stay. There were many people who came close to vedantic thinking mind you, so your claim is not perfectly right.
Like the new format[edit]
I like the new subsections that have been created in the article. The earlier version wasn't organized very well. It's good to see how well the page has evolved since I turned the "Cleanup" flag on a few weeks ago.
clean up[edit]
I did a little cleaning up of this article today, let me know if you think anything should be added/taken away --Gozar 9 July 2005 06:09 (UTC)
re: cleanup[edit]
Looks good. Made some additional minor reformats/corrections. Now that this page is relatively stable, anybody doing major work (especially removal of content) should probably call for a vote here before proceeding with the changes.
There is another article on "Upanishads". From What I understand, Vedanta and Upanishads are one and the same thing (atleast that is what the two articles convey). So why do we have two different articles on the same subject. Why can't we merge the two so that a search on both "Upanishad" and "Vedanta" is redirected to the same article. Any thoughts ? ...Syiem
hi, i'm not sure if you need admin-ship for this or not, but why dont we try proposing a merger with Upanisads and see what the other users think? Then again, the Upanisads are distinctly a collection of writings while Vedanta is a school of thought based on those writings, I am busy at the moment and cant look into it extensively so if you could check that out it would be helpful.--Gozar 14:46, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
- No, the two articles should not be merged; the topics are seperate. Vedanta is the systematization of the teachings of the Upanishads hundreds of years after the Upanishads were written. They represent two different schools from two very different periods and cultures. Just as the Upanishads are a commentary on the Vedas, Shankara's thought — which is known as Vedanta — is a commentary on the Upanishads. --goethean ॐ 15:30, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the clarification Goethean. Though I believe that this distinction between the two terms should be clearly brought out in the articles, especially when the two terms are used almost interchangeably. I will try to do some research on this and try to fill in the gaps.
Thanks a lot ! Syiem 04:29, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
Although in its earliest usage, "Vedanta" simply meant Upanisad, in later usage it also came to mean the school of thought based primarily on the exegesis of the Upanisad (the Brahma Mimamsa, or Uttara Mimamsa school). So it would be very misleading to collapse the "Upanisad" and "Vedanta" thread. There are many influences from Samkhya and Yoga in the Upanisads that are systematically ignored by Samkhya.
Someone has confused the thinkers "Madhva" and "Madhava." The former is the founder of the Dvaita Vedanta school. The latter is a 14th c. Advaita Vedantin. I will fix this.
- It appears to me that "Vedanta," which means "at the conclusion of the Vedas," is not the same as "Upanishad," which means "sitting at the feet (of the teacher)." The Upanishads are only one part of Vedanta. Other writings, besides the Upanishads, that are included in Vedanta (after the final parts of the Vedas) are Gitas, Sutras, commentaries, and poems.Lestrade (talk) 13:55, 2 October 2008 (UTC)Lestrade
Vedanta and Yoga[edit]
Is there any source for the following statement:
"As per some, it is a form of Jnana Yoga (one of the four basic yoga practices in Hinduism; the others are: Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga), a form of yoga which involves an individual seeking "the path of intellectual analysis or the discrimination of truth and reality." As per others, Vedanta encompasses all the four yogas."
I object to this statement. If there are no citations for the aforementioned, I would rather remove it. Manas 09:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Please state your objection(s). --Vivek 18:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- If I understand correctly what I have read, Vedanta encompasses all the four yogas. Now, there might have been some people who felt it was a form of Jnana Yoga only. In that case, references are required. Manas 06:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Jnana Yoga is the path of knowledge and discrimination. Many Jnani's end up with a Vedantic philosophy but becoming a Vedantist just because one is a Jnani is not a foregone conclusion.
Acharya and Commentaries[edit]
Is there any source for the following:
"Also of note, historically, in order for a guru to be considered an acharya or great teacher of a philosophical school of Vedanta, he was required to write commentaries on three important texts in Vedanta, the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and the Brahma Sutras."
There were so many so many people who were called Acharyas who didn't write the commentaries on these books. Manas 09:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Other Vedantic Schools[edit]
"The three schools they conceived are the most prevalent, however, proponents of other Vedantic schools continue to write and develop their ideas as well, although their works are not widely known outside of India."
What are the other Vedantic schools that are widely known in India but not outside? It will be better to provide more information here. Manas 09:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Transition from Vedic to Vedantic Religion[edit]
In my opinion, the information provided here is either incorrect or irrelevant to the section. This section needs a re-write by someone with understanding of history of that time. Manas 09:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
List of schools of thought[edit]
Shouldn't non-vaishnav schools of thought be listed too? Such as tantra, shakti vishishtadvaita, siva advaita, and others as such?
Modern times section[edit]
First, I must say that this section is not only pretty dubious, but very one-sided. The (incompletely cited) quotation from a biographer of Schrödinger needs to be investigated disinterestedly and dispassionately; I'll make a start on that. Schrödinger was in any case just one worker in the field, whereas the article makes it sound as though quantum theory was his creation. Capra's status is grossly overstated; he was a populariser whose book was riddled with philosophical and scientific errors and oversimplifications (there's a substantial literature from the early 1980s debunking him and others like him); he was also a Buddhist rather than a Vedantist... That Schrödinger and Capra are the only scientists mentioned is significant, of course.
Thirdly, why is "in modern times" interpreted to mean "in Western science and literature"?
Fourthly, the section (like much of the rest of the article) also need copy-editing and wikifying. I'll also make a start on that. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:17, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree that some of these claims are (a) overrated, (b) instrumentalized and (c) unclear whether they apply to Vedanta, Advaita-Vedanta in particular or Indian thought in general (incl. Buddhism). However, it is very interesting to mention such influences and clarify their importance collectively in this or related wikipedia articles. Therefore I have added more, namely Hesse and Hegel as examples from Germany. Gschadow 21:45, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The list of people who were influenced by or who commentated on vedanta is open-ended and fairly pointless. Many people who write generally on myth and religion, such as Joseph Campbell, will write on Vedanta — should they all be listed here, thousands of them? The list, if necessary at all (and text is better than a bare list), should be restricted to those who were actually influenced by Vedanta. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- In response to Mel Etitis, How does is matter if Schrondiger was one of them or was all ten of them (people related to Quantum Mechanics)? Why you are trying to make too many half-baked arguments at once? Irrespective of who these people are (and you can correct that by removing "who" part and instead providing wiki-link for their pages), they were probably much more influenced by Vedanta than is stated here. I added Schopenhauer to the list, let me know if you have any problems and I will reply duly. Those people like Schopenhauer, Tesla, Schrödinger, or Mark-Twain said much better things about Vedanta then are being stated here. People can try to find on their own who they are, I am more interested in putting some of the stuff about what they said about Vedanta/Upnishads.
- Dear Gschadow, Read my above comments for "Mel Etitis", and as i asked him "remove the over-rating of individuals, and add simply the link to their respective pages in wiki-pedia", but the influence on such people is always under-rated and not over rated. Let me know if you want to suggest that the influence itself is over-rated in these few lines in this article. I will back them up with valid references. The idea of attributing everything to Budhdhism which borrowed all philosophy and meditation etc from Hinduism is British legacy (You will find it hard to see anything attributed to Hinduism in Encylopedia, even if somebody wrote extensively about Hinduism, you won't find the term Hindu or even its distant neighbour mentioned in the short biography). The most important and main Upnishads, that form the basis of Vedanta philosophy, predates Budhdhism by a few hundred years. And even after Budhdhism, the whole Vedanta philosophy was part of Hindu religion and was kept alive by custodian of Hindu or Vedic religion. Except for Hinduism, I have not seen any religion or sect being hated more for its good things than for its bad ones. For Hindus the religion is Sanatan Dharma or Vedic religion and the outsiders first use "Hindu" for that religion and then ask what Hindu means? It is like two way escape from accpeting the religious beliefs of such a large section or an attempt to create confusion as if the term is hard to define. We don't need to define Hinduism, this i stated elsewhere in wiki-pedia. We just need to understand that Vedas, Upnishads, Vedanta, Yoga (Meditation) all these things belong to the same belief system and that is called Sanatan Dharma or Vedic Dharma. Arabs and then British started calling that religion Hindu religion. It is very difficult to have two people aggreeing on all aspects of religious beliefs, so when we define Christianity, we don't say that different forms of Christianity are different religions or Christianity is not a religion. Similarly, it is idiotic to say that Hinduism is not a religion (It is just an attempt to cheat on people and in that case nothing is religion). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skant (talk • contribs) 03:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC).
- Also, now i would like to be more offending, it is stupid to suggest that list of people who were influenced by Vedanta is pointless or meaningless, here is the reason: Vedanta is philosophy, and if you read about different philosophies or philosophers, you will find both who influenced that philosopher/philosophy as well as who all were influenced by it. Vedanta may be some very trivial and crap philosophy for you, but you should check the credentials of the people that are being listed and what they said about it, to confirm your opinion. We anyway have enough reasons to list people who got influenced by this philosophy.
- Having added to this list myself, I agree with Mel Etitis that it is problematic. I think only those people should be included who (a) are eminent scholars in their own right (not just recognized for their work on eastern mysticism), (b) have published or where specific original communications (letters, diary entries etc.) exist to substantiate the influence. Hegel, Hesse, and Schopenhauer would qualify because they meet both (a) and (b). I doubt that Capra would qualify, he doesn't meet the criterion (a). I doubt that Einstein and Schrödinger qualify because criterion (b) is not met. Should we edit based on these criteria? Gschadow 15:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
- O.K. I am beginning to edit this. Initially I will add fact-tags to raise flags for the issues. Secondly I am deleting some unrelated talk. For example, the work of Vivekananda and Yogananda do not establish that Tesla was actually influenced. Also, I delete the passage of Walter Moore that only says that Schrödinger's "new view [is] consistent with the Vedantic concept [...]" but it does not provide evidence that Schrödinger actually wrote about being influenced or inspired by Vedanta philosophy. I am also removing the statement that western reception "often run the risk of oversimplifying and ignoring important differences [...]" even though I agree to this, but yet it is WP:NOR. I think if the Schroediger and Tesla issues are not sourced by reliable sources, that whole paragraph will have to go because of WP:NOR. For a moment I had it down like this:
- The western reception of eastern philosophy in the context of Physics is exemplified by Walter Moore (Biography on Erwin Schrödinger) and Fritjof Capra (The Tao of Physics). These authors claim that Advaita Vedanta has influenced eminent modern Physicists in the conception of their respective theories. For instance, Nikola Tesla is said to have been influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Erwin Schrödinger is claimed to have been inspired by Vedanta in his discovery of quantum theory.[citation needed]
- but since Wikipedia articles should not report hearsay, I ended up removing the whole paragraph because even if Capra and Moore claim that this influence exists, it they are not a sufficient warrant for repeating it of Wikipedia. Instead original neutral references should be found (e.g., whatever sources Moore or Capra might cite could work.) Gschadow 20:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- I am not sure about what wikipdeia rules are, they may be anything and wiki-pedia's ultimate fate will depend upon how it makes information better and not just "well proved". If we go to the extremes of using wiki-pedia rules to force bias instead of using them to improve information it won't remain much informative at all. Only science and mathematics can be recorded in wikipedia in that case. How can you talk about history without giving claims and counter claims? If you end up removing paragraphs and ideas each time you have problems in ascertahing what is truth and what is not (instead of giving both well known claims and counter claims), you will end up removing most of the hitorical articles (which one of them doesn't have something which is not certain). Now to this Erwin Schrödinger related case specifically, I am copying from wiki-quote, tell me what is the minimum status of person who qualifies as a good enough reference? Also, tell me what is the degree and type of influence that you will count. How do you measure tha Erwin Schrödinger was influenced by something? Does it need to be some printed article or does it need to be a statement in his own writings or does it need to be something on stanmped paper? skant126.96.36.199 22:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC) copied from wiki-quote "In itself, the insight is not new. The earliest records, to my knowledge, date back some 2500 years or more... the recognition ATMAN = BRAHMAN (the personal self equals the omnipresent, all-comprehending eternal self) was in Indian thought considered, far from being blasphemous, to represent the quintessence of deepest insight into the happenings of the world. The striving of all the scholars of Vedanta was after having learnt to pronounce with their lips, really assimilate in their minds this grandest of all thoughts." 188.8.131.52 22:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)skant
- but since Wikipedia articles should not report hearsay, I ended up removing the whole paragraph because even if Capra and Moore claim that this influence exists, it they are not a sufficient warrant for repeating it of Wikipedia. Instead original neutral references should be found (e.g., whatever sources Moore or Capra might cite could work.) Gschadow 20:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Dualism vs. Non-dualism[edit]
I've just begun study of vedanta, and it seems like non-dualism is mentioned a lot, but I didn't see it mentioned here. As someone looking for information on vedanta, I'm suggesting that someone familiar with vedanta add something about "non-dualism". 18.104.22.168 18:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- It means that everything is basically one and the same. You, your dog, an ant, lightning, water, a tiger, etc., are all essentially, fundamentally the same, discounting apparent differences. Compare this with the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that everything in the world is basically the same as what we call Will (blind urge or impulse).Lestrade (talk) 13:09, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Lestrade
Vedanta does not mean "the end of all knowledge." It means "that which comes at the end of the Vedic hymns." In other words, "end" here does not mean "purpose" or "goal." "End" means "conclusion." Lestrade (talk) 02:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Lestrade
Where to put it best? Some idea? A Vedantist's View of Mary by Swami Yogeshananda
- perhaps there is a site spiritual archetypes? no, there is not.
- Austerlitz -- 220.127.116.11 (talk) 19:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Why is there no text describing the Etymological root of the sanskrit word Vedanta??
126.96.36.199 (talk) 15:19, 15 September 2009 (UTC)Doug
The beginning of the article is erroneous. It is claimed that "Vedanta is based on two simple propositions: Human nature is divine…." This is untrue. Vedanta simply asserts that the individual is at one with Brahman, not any divinity or God. Everything depends on the meaning of Brahman, which is the overall whole or totality of experienced things, not a god or God.Lestrade (talk) 15:01, 11 April 2010 (UTC)Lestrade
- As usual, Vedanta is interpreted through the Hebrew concept of Theism. This error occurs because of the inability of Westerners to understand Brahman as anything other than their God. Unfortunately, Vedanta then appears as merely another monotheistic religion like Judaism and its two branches, Christianity and Islam. In reality, however, it is very different and its doctrine does not include the concept of God.Lestrade (talk) 18:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC)Lestrade
- Of course it does. See Ishvara. The relationship between Ishvara, Atman, and Brahman is disputed among the schools in Vedanta. Mitsube (talk) 18:32, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Those who have been imbued with the Hebrew concept of an anthropomorphic God have understood Ishvara as being similar to their God. Many religions have imagined their gods as being analogous to very powerful humans. Vedanta's Brahman may be unlike this concept but cannot be understood as such by those who can only think in terms of their own concept of an omnipotent father. Spinoza was similarly misunderstood by those who associate the word "God" with a super–humanoid individual. Vedanta is mostly concerned with the equivalence of the particular self and the general world. This is Atman and Brahman. No God is needed. This equivalence is incomprehensible to people who were taught the Hebrew–Christian–Islamic doctrines from childhood. They can only think of Vedanta as a kind of monotheism with Ishvara as the exotic God.Lestrade (talk) 19:16, 28 April 2010 (UTC)Lestrade
- That is what most Hindus believe. And even Advaita Vedanta incorporates this belief, though the impersonal essence of the cosmos idea is more important there. Did you even look at the Ishvara article? The word means "Lord". Mitsube (talk) 19:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
I am tempted to believe you when you say that most Hindus believe in an anthropomorphic God. It seems that most humans need to believe in such an entity. For example, Japanese Buddhists have their religion's essential Four Noble Truths, but most prefer to turn their attention to the humanoid Shinto gods. Persons, not abstract concepts, appeal to people. Shankara said that "Brahman is the universe and all things that exist within it." Like Spinoza and his absolutely infinite Being, Shankara's words do not resonate with the general audience who want their Brahman to be a divine Ishvara Lord and a good father. The list of various schools of Vedanta in the article reflects the fact that Vedanta can have very different meanings for different people. Vedanta's Brahman can be the universal one and the all or it can be a God who is similar to the Hebrew–Christian–Islamic father deity. Like other religions, the Vedantic schools are so different from each other that they are almost separate religions and share a very tenuous common thread that runs through their individual fabrics. Due to its confusing and misleading ambiguity, it might be better to place the word "God" within quotation marks wherever it appears in the article.Lestrade (talk) 22:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)Lestrade
Comparison to Western Philosophies[edit]
I agree with others who have expressed concern with the purpose of such a section.
The underlying motivation seems to be either (a) a desire to show that Western philosophy achieved similar heights, or (b) to show that the systems of thought are parallel, or (c) to add to the perceived value of the ideas by showing that prominent westerners thought highly of these ideas.
Or perhaps all three. However, in my view none of these motivations justify the inclusion of the section.
If there was a consistent stream of comparison points between Vedanta and Western thought, perhaps there might be some value in pointing to an article that developed that. But to identify only one individual (Spinoza's) who developed a comparable set of ideas is not convincing. Western academics are forever doing this, apparently missing the obvious challenge: that it is highly suspect to apply Western formulations of ideas--based as they are on a very particular approach to knowledge--to a sphere of knowledge that is demonstrably based on wholly different assumptions. Two people may, due to circumstances, cross the same bridge at the same time, but if they are headed in opposite directions it is hardly appropriate to compare their motives and thought patterns. There has to be a far more substantial demonstration of the consistency of ideas.
As for needing prominent western thinkers (a scientist?) to add a stamp of approval...for heaven's sake! And Schopenhauer (and Emerson etc) were perhaps influenced by these ideas but that's worth a sentence not a whole section. --184.108.40.206 (talk) 21:26, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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