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together. The freedom of the will, the immortality of the soul,
and the existense of God are, according to Kant, but the postulates
of Practical Reason-hypotheses warranted by moral experience,
but from the Vedantic standpoint these are as much real as any
other fact of personal experience. If Brahman or the Supreme Being
is real then with Him these are also realities inseparable from His
expressions, Kant regards sensibility as altogether alien to the
rational nature of man, and so he insists on its extirpation. The
vedantist, on theother hand, regards sensibility as but a means of
the realisation of the true Self. It is the due regulation or control
of the and , योगबुद्धिः, (and not their extirpation)
senses passions
that constitutes the essence of virtue, as it tends to free us from
the fetters of this world and to promote our true life in Brabhay,
Thus we may say that the Vedantic ethics is rather austere than
ascetic. While Kant's system teaches self-mortification, Vedanta
teaches abstemiousness (संयमः. To Kant, a feeling of inner con.
straint enters into the very meaning of duty, so that, *(Duty is
the action to which a person is bound, it is 'cormpulsion to a
purpose unwillingly adopted." To the Vedantist, however, duty
is inseparable from life (सहजं कर्म), and it is cheerfully accepted as
a means of salvation . To extinguish the impulses would be to
render life inoperative. The Vedanta teaches that the Universal
order is essentially moral in its tendency तत्वपक्षपातो हि स्वभावो धियाम्।
( भामती ). We are to aim at the purity of the mind, and that we
should not at all be mindful of the results, or as they are called •
the fruits' of our actions. The Vedanta is characterised by
catholicity and toleration. Every faith or tendency is considered
by the Vedantist as having a place in the Universal frame-work.
The Universal Spirit is conceived by the Vedantist as essentially
True, Good, and Beautiful at the same time (साच्चिदानन्दम्। सत्यात्मप्राणा
रामम्, मनआनन्दम्--तै. ७. १.६.. The Absolute as manifested in nature is
the Beautiful, as conceived by intelligence is the Supreme Reality
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