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

[D.V.N. Sarma]

Therefore as per this Bhagavan Ramana and sri Ramakrishna
are fallen.

regards,
Sarma.

On 10/22/09, S Jayanarayanan <sjayana at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Wed, 10/21/09, D.V.N. Sarma <dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anybody any information about
>> vedic rishis like Vasishta,
>> Vamadeva, Bhrigu, Viswamitra
>> etc., taking sannyasa?
>>
>
> Apastamba Dharma Sutra 2.6.13 reads:
>
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe02/sbe0248.htm
>
> 8. Transgression of the law and violence are found amongst the ancient
> (sages).
> 9. They committed no sin on account of the greatness of their lustre.
> 10. A man of later times who seeing their (deeds) follows them, falls.
>
>> Yajnavalkya comes later in the upanishadic period.
>>
>> regards,
>> Sarma.
>
>
>
>
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