doubt on the role of shruti vAkyAs ( was Re: [Advaita-l] advaita and vedas)

[Amuthan]

namo nArAyaNAya!

dear shrI jayanArAyaNan,

sorry for the second post. i didn't mention certain
things in the previous mail.

--- Amuthan <aparyap_at_yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> 
> ramaNa maharShi:
> sAdhana chatuShTaya sampatti --> Atma vichAra -->
> ahaM
> sphuraNa (= akhaNDAkAra vRtti).
> 

while the above route is certainly RM's, it is not the
only possibility. one other route is SCS --> S,M,AV
--> GY. but IMO, SCS --> S,M,N --> AV --> GY is not
correct. 
(SCS: sAdhana chatuShTaya sampatti, S: shravaNa (*),
M: manana (*), N: nididhyAsana, AV: RM's Atma vichAra,
GY: aparokSha Atma j~nAna.)

(*) RM's idea of shravaNa and manana is not
necessarily the same as bhagavatpAda's though it is
inclusive of the latter.

vAsudevaH sarvaM,
aparyAptAmRtaH. 


		
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