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

[Anbu sivam2]

Sunilji,

A person can attain jeevan mukthi at anytime in his life so much so it can
take place in any varna or aasrama he happens to be in.  In all such cases
the sravaNam mananam and nidhidhyaasanam must have taken place in the
previous life.  However there is always a Guru involved in the attainment of
realization and He comes to him in any form.  For example the Hill of
Arunachala was Bhagavan Ramana's Guru.

A realized person is a Gnaani par excellence!  A realized person has thus no
varna or dharma associated with him on liberation.  Kannappa Nayanar was a
realized person yet he continued to hunt the animals.

We should not overlook this important fact as otherwise we may lose
ourselves to the emphasis of the duty part (karma).

Now on Bhakthi.  Bhagavan Ramana says: "Hruthsale manah swasthathaa kriya,
bhakthi yoga bodhaascha nischitham".  Keeping one's mind in his own heart is
Karma Yoga, Bhakthi Yoga, Raja Yoga and Gnaana Yoga!


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> One who performs duty according to one's own nature then there will be no
> sin. "svabhaavaniyatam karma kurvannapnoti kilbisham". This is agreed. But
> Bhakti can be beyond the discharge of one's duties. Is there any hard and
> fast rule that the brahmin cannot take the path of Bhakti?
>
> Regards,
>
> Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
>
> --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Sankara on sannyAsa for Steadiness in GYAna
> (wasRe:Jivanmukti - Jnana plus Sannyasa pt 5)
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:58 AM
>
>
> Bhagavatam says that to an ardent Bhakta God Himself gives the Jnana,
> which I understand as the end of birth.. That contradicts the statement :
>
> The Brahmins are not qualified for non-gnana path to transcend samsaara.
> If a Brahmin follows these maargas then he will be born again.
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Again this is the issue of observing one's own dharma (svadharma) in all
> sincerity  is it not??  When the shAstra is proscribed brAhmin some vidhi
> & vidhAna, why he should search for some 'easy' outings??  That is the
> reason why krishna cautions us : svadharme nidhanaM shreyaH paradharmO
> bhayAvahaH...For a dvija, vedOkta shravaNAdi is direct & prescribed path
> for the ultimate realization & he should not look for any 'short cuts' for
> his convenience...vedO nityamadheeyataaM, this is what  the advice to
> dvija-s.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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