[Advaita-l] Bh.Gita verse 18.73 - Was Arjuna an 'aparoksha Jnani'? - Part 4
Bhaskar YR
bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com
Mon Jul 12 23:28:35 CDT 2010
Moksha is got after sanyasa only. not from Gruhastha and other stages
directly.
praNAms
Hare Krishna
I told you I am not interested in continuing this discussion...Anyway,
here is my final attempt :
mOkSha is NOT the sole property of sanyAsi-s, for getting mOksha sanyAsa
as an ashrama is not a MUST, but mumukshatva is the MUST....Those who have
nityAnitya vastu vivekAdi sAdhana chatushtaya saMpatti, irrespective of
their varNAshrama, are eligible to get mOksha according to shankara
siddhAnta...jnAnamAtre tadyapi sarvAshmeeNAm adhikAraH says shankara in
mundaka shruti introduction...This jnAna can happen to non-dvijas by
smruti, itihAsa purANa & strict adhearance to japa, upavAsa &
devatArAdhana (see shankara's sUtra bhAshya 3rd adhyAya I believe!!) And
in geeta bhAshya shankara clearly says for this paramArtha jnAna even
stree, vaishya & shUdra are too eligible if they fulfill the above sAdhana
requirement. streeyO vaishyAstaThA shUdrAstepi yAnti parAM gatiM...If you
see the upanishad & smruti text's characters carefully there are plenty of
stree-s & non-dvija-s depicted as jnAni-s..non-dvija-s like vidura,
dharmavyAdha stree-s like yOgini sulabhA, maitreyi, gArgi, devata-s like
indra, bhrugu, gandharva-s like vishvAvasu, brahmachArins like nachikeva,
mArkendeya, prahlAda, anAshrami-s like raikva, saMvarta, kings like janaka
etc.
Hari Hari Hari Bol!!
bhaskar
PS : Kindly dont expect any further mails from me on this thread.
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