“Ādi Śaṅkara’s Integrative Approach to Bhāratīya Darśanas”, Indica Today, February 21, 2026
“Ādi Śaṅkara’s Method of Bhāratīya Darśana Integration
Modern presentations of the Bhāratīya jñāna-paramparā often portray the darśanas as mutually “competing schools” of thought, each advancing a self-contained worldview. Read through this lens, Ādi Śaṅkara’s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya is frequently taken to represent a sustained contest between Vedānta and systems such as Sāṅkhya, Yoga, and Vaiśeṣika. Such a reading, however, mislocates both the shared śāstric ground of the darśanas and the specific task Śaṅkara undertakes.
Śaṅkara approaches Sāṅkhya–Yoga as positions articulated within a common Vedic paramparā. All the views examined in the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya accept the Veda as pramāṇa and orient inquiry toward mokṣa. The question is whether darśanic accounts conform to śruti on origination and causality.
This methodological stance is stated explicitly by Śaṅkara at the outset of his examination (Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya 2.1.1)……”
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