Four Defects of the Conditioned Soul Posted in: Belief and Truth
Anyone who embarks on an adventure with eastern thinking cannot help but come across the notion of the ‘Four Defects of the Conditioned Soul’.
- Imperfect Senses (Karanapatava)
- Illusion (Pramada)
- Mistakes (Bhrama)
- Cheating (Vipralipsa)
… and the argument that these defects prevent determination of dependable truth, especially in the matter of the meaning and/or purpose of human life.
But the widely recommended solution – submission to infallible authority of guru-sastra-sadhu* – to my mind does not automatically remove one’s personal limitations from their truth-equation. …
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