[Advaita-l] Sankara on sannyAsa for Steadiness in GYAna (was Re: Jivanmukti - Jnana plus Sannyasa pt 5)

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Hari Om, Bhaskarji,

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> ...And they have the firm conviction that there
> is NO WAY OUT without saNyAsa,


I'd like to take this opportunity and qualify myself as subscribing to this
view...


> And they themselves thinking that they are
> on par with sincere mumukshu-s & ready to see the 'rascal dam' in others'
> hearts!!!... alas!!


... but disqualify myself from being a mumukshu...


> what they are doing here wasting their precious time
> !!??  They are merely  preaching 'the saNyAsa' without bothering to follow
> this VIDHI...
>

... and still think that I'm not wasting my time here because I understand
that without perfecting sAdhana
cAtushTaya, I can't be a mumukshu and way far from adhikAri of saMnyAsa.


praNAms,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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