guru

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Giri wrote:

>         And without a Guru, and strict adherence to dharma, liberation is
> not possible.

It is possible to go directly from Brahmacharya to sanyasa thereby
skipping dharmic obligations altogether but this is because Sannyasa is
the direct cause of moksha.  For anyone even slightly involved in worldly
life strict adherence to Dharma as set forth in the shastras is essential.

btw, welcome back.



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