[Advaita-l] BrahmaGYAna and jIvanmukti - 4 (Scriptural References)

[Amuthan]

namo nArAyaNAya!

dear shrImati sAvitri devarAj,

On 2/1/07, savithri devaraj <savithri_devaraj at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>   This context makes sense in the thread than saying that a brahma jnani, by effort and giving up desires, becomes a yogi as the original posting did. This doesn't seem intuitive at all - vairaagya is a pre-requisite for jnana, one of the sadhana catushtaya sampattih, the others being shama adi shadka sampattih, viveka and mumukshutva.
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all these discussions are done with reference to one who doesn't have
sAdhana chatuShThaya sampatti to its fullest extent but is
nevertheless a j~nAni in the sense of having aparokSha Atmaj~nAna. as
shrI raviSha~Nkar mentioned, the process of becoming a j~nAni is not a
linear one. it is true beyond doubt that Atmaj~nAna cannot be attained
by one who doesn't have vairAgya. but for *complete* cessation of the
natural tendency of the mind to identify with the body, a steady
abidance in Atmaj~nAna along with tyAga, vairAgya etc. are recommended
by AchArya himself. if a yogi is defined as one who strives to attain
the goal of yoga, namely chittavRtti nirodha, then the very fact that
steady abidance in Atmaj~nAna leads to chittavRtti nirodha (see BUBh.
1.4.7.) implies that AchArya is recommending the j~nAnimAtra to become
a yogi.

vAsudevaH sarvaM,
aparyAptAmRtaH.