[Advaita-l] Knowledge, renunciation and varNASrama rules

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Hari Om, Vidyasankar-ji,

I've been meaning to ask since a long time if there were any commentaries on
saMnyAsa upanishat or references made to it in commentaries on other works
in the tradition? This seemed like an appropriate thread to raise this
question and also if there are traditional opinions about restrictions or
eligibility for saMnyAsa given in this upanishat, how to follow saMnyAsa
dharma itself, etc. Is this upanishat considered while initiating someone
into the traditional dashanAmi order of saMnyAsa? I hope you find time to
comment and throw some light on it. I request others to share their
knowledge on the topic too.

praNAms,
--Praveen R. Bhat
/* Through what should one know That owing to which all this is known!
[Br.Up. 4.5.15] */


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <
svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Dear Venkatesh,
>
> I have changed the subject title, but this is mainly in response to recent
> posts
> by you, regarding vedAnta knowledge, caste (varNa) and station in life
> (ASrama),
> with particular attention to brahmasUtra bhAshya 3.4.20.
>