a question.

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

Vaidya Sundaram <Vaidya_Sundaram at I2.COM> wrote:

.......
>  I have seen quotations where the punya of many previous good deeds gets
one
>started in the pursuit of knowledge of Brahman. This is the first time I am
>seeing the reverse being stated.

Go back to the principal upanishads. Many say that the entire lineage of the
brahmavit is purified, and that no one will be born in his kula (family) who
remains ignorant. This is an old thinking, reiterated in the vivekacUDAmaNi.

Regards,
Vidyasankar