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Do you agree with the idea that Brahman is space itself?
This is an excerpt from the book "The philosophy of Brahma Sutra" by Aleksandar Uskokov. "Several points are important for Bādarāyaṇa to make with respect to this account of creation of the five elements. First, some traditions such as Nyāya- Vaiśeṣika do not include space among the elements, and the commentators rehearse their reasons, the most important of which is that space accommodates origination—things originate in space—such that it makes no sense for space itself to originate. Bādarāyaṇa rejects their arguments on theological grounds, which we need not rehearse. **It is important, though, to mention that elsewhere he identifies Brahman itself with space**, different from the “elemental space” that is originated. The consequences of this are twofold. **Brahman itself is the “location of origination,” and insofar as such is the case, Brahman itself is space**. The originated space, then, should be taken in the restricted sense of being the medium for the propagation of sound." I mean, it makes sense. Brahman is the ground of being. It is where everything is, just like our conception of space. So, what do you think?3
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