[Advaita-l] Mandukyopanishad for the Sanyasis

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste Jaladharji,
 
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Traditionally, in-depth studies of the upanishads were only undertaken by 
those who had formally renounced
 
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Infact, if you observe, upanishad vidyas are the dialogues between teacher & pupil
who propagated rishi parampara who were grihasthas (vAnaprasthAs). 
 
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How can someone who is immersed in the world honestly practice an ideology that states that world is false and should be shunned?
 
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Even if the world is shunned by yatis, the vyavahArika satya haunts him.  There is no escape.   It is the viveka & vairagya that matters most.  Sanyasa is prescribed because
there won't be any family commitments so that sravana, manana would continue
without any interruption.  
 
BTW, there is no dasa-nami sampradaya prior to sankara and there were informal yatis who were called bhikshus.  
 
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Would any of them urge a mumukshu not to take sannyasa?  Do they/did they 
take sannyasa themselves in due course?
 
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None took sanyasa except Shri Virupaksha Sastrigal who ascended Kudali Mutt and 
assumed the name Valukeshwaranda Bharati.
 
sriram