Here are a few points taken directly from the book:
Madhvacharya (Life and Teachings) By Bannanje Govindacharya (Kannada Original)
English version by Dr.K.Krishnamurthy & Dr.U.P.Upadhyaya
1. The material ethereal sky that is one of the five elements filling this universe is that which suffers destruction along with the universe. It is permeated by a super blue color, beyond the reach of the bare eye. But there is another sky that fully pervades the universe, within and without; which transcends the universe and is eternal. It
is called ‘avyAkrta-AkAsha’ or ‘undifferentiated space’
bhUtamapyasitaM divyadrstigOchaaramEvaatu,
utpadyatE avyAkrtam hi gaganaM sAkshigOcharaM||
(Anu Vyakhyana 2.3)
2. The atoms which are the micro-elements of physical matter are not at all ultimate and indivisible entities. In every atom too there are innumerable subtle particles
mahattvAnutvayOrnaiva visrAntirupalabhyatE. (Anu Vyakhyana 2.3.6)
3. There is life movement in plants, herbs and creepers too. That vegetation-life too can respond to the actions
of man. There are plants that thrill to the melody of music and yield sprouts, flowers and fruits
gItAt pushpaphalAvAptiH sparshAt kArshyam rasAr sthitiH (Anu Vyakhyana 2.2.10)
4. No matter is completely destroyed. Destruction is another name for only a change in form. We say that the body is destroyed. But really speaking, the body is not destroyed, it has become ashes; that is all. Thus existence and non-existence are two sides of the same coin
sarvE bhAvA abhaavAsea padArthAstEna sarvadA
astyabhAvOsticha dhvamsO dEhAbhAvasea bhasmatA. (Anu Vyakhyana 2.2.6 )
5. From the microcosm to the macrocosm, the entire universe is completely interfused. To understand any one thing completely, a complete knowledge of the entire universe becomes necessary. By knowing one, all can be known. One who does not know all, does not know even one
Ekam ea tatvatOjnAtum vinA sarvajnatAm narah na samarthO machEendrOpi tasmAt
sarvatrajqnasEt (Gita Bhashya. 4.9 )
6. Enclosed within the fifteen fences of name, lordship, thought, speech, action, strength, food, mind, sense organ, earth, water, fire, air, sky and faith, the sixteenth jiva- kala or soul's particle lies hidden. When these fifteen inconscient fences are broken, the soul gets self-awareness. This is called self-realization. To one who
has attained self-realization, the way beyond to God-realization becomes easy.
samyak samAhitAnaAm tu praptAnAm shODahIM kalAM
aparOksadrsAM kvApi turIyaM drsyatEpadaM. (Manduka Bhasya )
First, the realization is of the ‘I’ principle. Next comes the realization of the ‘He’ principle. This is the secret of the realization of “So’ham” (I:HE), the Ultimate Truth. One who is unaware of his own self, or one who mistakes such awareness of self
itself as ultimate realization, can never progress in the pathway of God- realization.
Madhvacharya (Life and Teachings) By Bannanje Govindacharya (Kannada Original)
English version by Dr.K.Krishnamurthy & Dr.U.P.Upadhyaya
1. The material ethereal sky that is one of the five elements filling this universe is that which suffers destruction along with the universe. It is permeated by a super blue color, beyond the reach of the bare eye. But there is another sky that fully pervades the universe, within and without; which transcends the universe and is eternal. It
is called ‘avyAkrta-AkAsha’ or ‘undifferentiated space’
bhUtamapyasitaM divyadrstigOchaaramEvaatu,
utpadyatE avyAkrtam hi gaganaM sAkshigOcharaM||
(Anu Vyakhyana 2.3)
2. The atoms which are the micro-elements of physical matter are not at all ultimate and indivisible entities. In every atom too there are innumerable subtle particles
mahattvAnutvayOrnaiva visrAntirupalabhyatE. (Anu Vyakhyana 2.3.6)
3. There is life movement in plants, herbs and creepers too. That vegetation-life too can respond to the actions
of man. There are plants that thrill to the melody of music and yield sprouts, flowers and fruits
gItAt pushpaphalAvAptiH sparshAt kArshyam rasAr sthitiH (Anu Vyakhyana 2.2.10)
4. No matter is completely destroyed. Destruction is another name for only a change in form. We say that the body is destroyed. But really speaking, the body is not destroyed, it has become ashes; that is all. Thus existence and non-existence are two sides of the same coin
sarvE bhAvA abhaavAsea padArthAstEna sarvadA
astyabhAvOsticha dhvamsO dEhAbhAvasea bhasmatA. (Anu Vyakhyana 2.2.6 )
5. From the microcosm to the macrocosm, the entire universe is completely interfused. To understand any one thing completely, a complete knowledge of the entire universe becomes necessary. By knowing one, all can be known. One who does not know all, does not know even one
Ekam ea tatvatOjnAtum vinA sarvajnatAm narah na samarthO machEendrOpi tasmAt
sarvatrajqnasEt (Gita Bhashya. 4.9 )
6. Enclosed within the fifteen fences of name, lordship, thought, speech, action, strength, food, mind, sense organ, earth, water, fire, air, sky and faith, the sixteenth jiva- kala or soul's particle lies hidden. When these fifteen inconscient fences are broken, the soul gets self-awareness. This is called self-realization. To one who
has attained self-realization, the way beyond to God-realization becomes easy.
samyak samAhitAnaAm tu praptAnAm shODahIM kalAM
aparOksadrsAM kvApi turIyaM drsyatEpadaM. (Manduka Bhasya )
First, the realization is of the ‘I’ principle. Next comes the realization of the ‘He’ principle. This is the secret of the realization of “So’ham” (I:HE), the Ultimate Truth. One who is unaware of his own self, or one who mistakes such awareness of self
itself as ultimate realization, can never progress in the pathway of God- realization.
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