[Advaita-l] BrahmaGYAna and jIvanmukti - 5 (Other References)

[S Jayanarayanan]

--- S Jayanarayanan <sjayana at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- jagannathan mahadevan <jagannathan.mahadevan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Kartik,
> > 
> > This is my understanding of your last (#5) post.
> > 
> > I think that the point that you are trying to convey is that the
> > sAdhana-chatushhTaya is a necessary prerequisite for someone to
> > even
> > sit and listen to the vEda SAstra and the mahAvAkya.
> > 
> 
> Actually, no!
> 
> I think you need to read the very first posting in the series at
>
http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2006-October/018518.html
> 
> ---
> Thus, JMV's thesis can also be stated as:
> 
>   Firm sAdhana-chatushhTaya   -->  Firm BrahmaGYAna    =   mukti
> 
>   Infirm sAdhana-chatushhTaya --> Infirm BrahmaGYAna  =/=  mukti
> ---
> 
> Therefore, it is possible for BrahmaGYAna to be samyak (perfect),
> and
> aparoksha (direct or immediate), and yet asthitam (unsteady).
> 
> All of us know Brahman, but only indirectly. Even for one who has
> direct knowledge of Brahman, mukti is not achieved. One needs both
> direct as well as knowledge of Brahman for mukti.
> 

The last sentence should read "One needs both direct as well as
steady knowledge of Brahman for mukti."

> Regards,
> Kartik
> 
> 
>  
>
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