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He built a whole philosophy around action and the authority of the word, asking what it means for a duty to bind.
He gathered the teachings of the Upanishads into the threads that became Vedanta, India's most enduring philosophy.
Connection
Jaimini the two halves of Mimamsa Badarayana — Jaimini's inquiry into ritual duty and Badarayana's inquiry into Brahman were treated as the earlier and later halves of one investigation, each citing the other, though they pull in different directions.
Ideas
Words
“Now, therefore, the inquiry into duty.”
“Now, therefore, the inquiry into Brahman.”
Key Moments
c. 3rd century BCE
Born in the Vedic Age
c. 3rd century BCE
The Mimamsa Sutras
c. 295 BCE
Duty Without Reward
c. 290 BCE
The Eternal Word
c. 2nd century BCE
Born by the Ganges
c. 2nd century BCE
The Brahma Sutras
c. 195 BCE
Self and Absolute
c. 190 BCE
The Vedanta Debates
Works
The Mimamsa Sutras
The Brahma Sutras