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Introductory
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Question 1
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What is considered to be the cornerstone of Mimamsa theory?
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knowledge corresponds with reality
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Mimamsa, page 118
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knowledge leads to successful action
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Mimamsa, page 118
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the understanding of the self-validity of knowledge
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Mimamsa, page 118
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knowledge is consistent
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Mimamsa, page 118
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knowledge is unchanging
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Mimamsa, page 118
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Question 2
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According to Mimamsa, the Vedas are believed to be
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a separate and valid means of knowledge.
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Mimamsa, page 119
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a direct and eternal revelation of reality itself.
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Mimamsa, page 119
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the path of right livelihood.
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Mimamsa, page 119
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the path of right effort.
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Mimamsa, page 119
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the true detection of error.
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Mimamsa, page 120
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Question 3
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According to the Vedanta, the Upanishads taught that the ultimate reality is
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Advaita.
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Vedanta, page 120
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Dvaita.
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Vedanta, page 120
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Vishistadvaita.
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Vedanta, page 120
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Brahman.
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Vedanta, page 120
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Atman.
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Vedanta, page 120
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Question 4
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What is Shankara's view of reality?
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one absolute and independent reality
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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121
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a product of material elements
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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121
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a transformation of unconscious matter
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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121
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the product of two kinds of independent reality
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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121
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the appearance that constitutes the empirical world
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Shankara's Nondualism, page 121
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Question 5
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In what way does Shankara explain the human experience of change?
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If something seems real, then it must be real.
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Appearance and Reality, page 124
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It is in dreams that we experience true change.
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Appearance and Reality, page 124
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Changes exist only as appearances.
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Appearance and Reality, page 124
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A change in the objects of the empirical world must be denied.
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Appearance and Reality, page 124
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Only in waking experiences can change be seen as real.
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Appearance and Reality, page 124
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Question 6
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According to Shankara, why is Atman not subject to the laws of appearances?
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Atman doesn't exist.
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Appearance and Reality, page 127
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Atman is pure subject, one without a second.
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Appearance and Reality, page 127
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Shankara believes that one must experience one's ultimate reality.
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Appearance and Reality, page 127
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Atman is not an appearance.
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Appearance and Reality, page 127
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Shankara believes that the Self is pure consciousness.
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Appearance and Reality, page 127
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Question 7
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Ramanuja argues that which of the following is in direct correlation with identity?
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difference
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127
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unity
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127
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sorrow
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127
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anguish
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127
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self-pity
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 127
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Question 8
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Ramanuja's position is that the "All" in relation to Brahman refers to the
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physical processes in the world.
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128
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sensations felt by humans.
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128
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perception of the Self.
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128
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mental processes of the mind.
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128
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various things and selves.
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The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja, page 128
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Question 9
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The school of Madhva differs from the positions of the Shankara and Ramanuja schools in that Madhva sees the world as
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eternal and distinct.
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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cohesive and dualistic.
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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nonexistent and theoretical.
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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liberating and individual.
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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eternal and suffering.
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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Question 10
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Madhva arrived at five differences in between Brahman and matter. Which of the following is not one of these differences?
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Brahman and matter
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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Brahman and selves
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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selves and matter
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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one self and another
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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two things and another
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The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva, page 129
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