[Advaita-l] Fw: Re: waking, dreaming, sleeping, as mutually supportive

[Anbu sivam2]

People who live by exceptions are a mockery to logic.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <
svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> > My view is that the gnaana maarga is apt only for the Brahmanas because
> of
> > the guna composition of his varna and not suitable for persons of other
> > varnas for the same reason. A mumukshu becomes a sanyaasi on the
> initiation
> > by a Guru and on realization becomes a Guru himself. Such ability to
> impart
> > knowledge is part of realization. The Sankara, Vaishnava and Maadhva
> Mutts
> > are examples of who had the adhikaaram to become a Sanyaasi. Those who
> > realized through other maargas seldom competed for such adhikaaras.
>
>
> The reality is that saMnyAsa is approved of and historically well-known for
> all
>
> dvija-s. In fact, there are well documented examples of saMnyAsins and
> maThas
>
> associated with other varNas. For example, the Kovilur Math in Tamil Nadu,
>
> associated with the Nattukottai Chettiars (www.kovilur.com) and the
> Haldipur
>
> Vaishya Math in Karnataka (www.vaishyagurumath.org) are both seats of
>
> saMnyAsin lineages from merchant communities and both have historical
>
> records of getting initiation from the Sringeri AcAryas.
>
>
>
> So, this argument that the jnAna mArga is to be limited to only brAhmaNa-s
>
> and that people of other varNa-s have no adhikAra to become saMnyAsins
>
> would seem like an ultra-conservative view that is not upheld even by some
>
> of the most notable AcAryas of advaita vedAnta tradition.
>
>
>
> Vidyasankar
>
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