Brahma Sutras – ‘SathusSutri’

பிரம்ம சூத்திரம் - ‘சதுஸ்ஸீத்ரி’

Abstract

The Western world has reached a high level of scientific knowledge today. However, India had attained great heights in metaphysical studies thousands of years ago. Our sages and seers had reached the pinnacle achievable by the human mind. The Supreme Truths they realized through intuition are embodied in the Vedas. The methods to discern the contents of the Vedas are called the Darshanas (philosophies).

There are six classical schools of Indian philosophy named Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, and Vedanta. Among these, Mimamsa and Vedanta are closely related. Mimamsa means inquiry and primarily studies the karma and worship portions of the Vedas. Vedanta studies the knowledge portion. Hence, Mimamsa is called PurvaMimamsa (prior inquiry), and Vedanta is called Uttara Mimamsa (later inquiry). The Brahma Sutra arose to systematically establish the ideas of Vedanta.