[Advaita-l] Reply to Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha's observations

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Dear Sri Bhaskar prabhu ji,

I humbly request you to please continue doing nitya karma and pray to God
to show you the way. Rest leave it to God. God will also correct your
approach if it needs correction. Only catch is you will have to keep moksha
as the only goal of life and be open to change.

Good luck with your spiritual journey.

Hari OM

OM

Sujal Upadhyay

"To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi

He who has faith has all
He who lacks faith, lacks all
It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna


On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> Dear Sri Bhaskarji,
>
> >  praNAms Sri Chandramouli prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
>
> frstly a sadhka who has gone through the sadhana almost to completuion but
> does not get jnana due to pratibandhakas he is not considered a patita. He
> continues from this level in his future births and when the pratibandhaka
> is overcome he automatically gets jnana. This is what is stated by Lord
> Krishna in the Geetha as well as mentioned by Bhagavatpada in Sutra
> Bhashya.
>
> >  prabhuji Kindly noted I am not talking about the sAdhaka-s who could
> not get jnAna due to pratibandhaka-s and those sAdhaka-s conducive
> subsequent janma-s.  I am talking about the sAdhaka-s who were in saNyAsa
> Ashrama as saNyAsi-s in their previous janma and gruhastha-s in
> gruhasthAshrama in current janma..For this type of descending order of
> Ashrama there is no any prayaschitta !!  shankara says in
> apashUdrAdhikaraNa, vidurAdi-s have got the jnAna & become jnAni-s due to
> their previous janma saMskAra, it does not mean that these noble souls
> were invariably saNyAsi-s in their previous janma.
>
> As for jnana being adheena to sanyasaashrama, i really feel you are not
> serious in making such a statement.
>
> >  I think if any one persists that for jnAna to occur saNyAsa as an
> ashrama is must, then it is as good as saying jnAna is sanyAsa Ashrama
> adheena and there will be no chance of getting jnAna for the inhabitants
> of other three Ashrama-s!!  I dont think shankara insisted the Ashrama
> saNyAsa in this way!!
>
> By saying only good persons can attain jnana, are we making jnana adheena
> to goodness.
>
> >  I am not saying jnAna is adheena to only goodness.  If you see the
> prathama sUtra of vedAnta sUtra, shankara discusses the qualification that
> is required for doing brahma jignAsa.  Here I dont think shankara says
> only saNyAsi-s have the adhikAra to do brahma jignAsa and eligible to
> attain svarUpa jnAna.
>
> Eligibility of various ashramis is extensively discussed by Bhagavatpada
> under Sutra Bhashyas 3-4-17 to 3-4-20.
>
> >  I remembered that  we have discussed these sUtra bhAshya adhikaraNa
> also in our previous discussion.  Here shankara saying how sanyAsa as an
> order enshrined in both smruti and shruti and ofcourse here he says
> brahmanishTa pravrAjakatva can be possible to only parivrAjaka saNyAsi-s
> and this  would be difficult to achieve  for the other three Ashramites
> since they have their own respective karma-s to perform.  But, the point
> to be noted here, bhagavatpAda does not categorically deny the mOksha /
> jnAna to other three ashramites.  OTOH, just see what shankara says on
> mOkshAdhikAra / jnAnAdhikAra.  In the muNdaka shruti, he clearly says :
> jnAnamAtre yadyapi sarvAshramiNAM adhikAraH, and in geeta bhAshya :
> streeyO vyshyasthathA shUdrAstepi yAnti parAM gatiM and in sUtra bhAshya
> shankara says through sAmAnya sAdhana-s ( applicable to all
> ashrama-s/varNa-s) like japa, upavAsa, devatArAdhana etc. which is not
> against shAstra one can get vidyA.
>
> As also in Chandogya 2-23-1.
>
> >  And in this same chAndOgya shruti shankara explicitly says jnAna can
> happen even in gruhasthAshrama also and for these gruhasthA-s pArivrAjyaM
> is arthasiddhaM!! etena gruhasthasya ekatva vijnAne sati pArivrAjyaM
> arthasiddhaM.  and further, if you see elsewhere in geeta bhAshya shankara
> says pravruttena chet lOkasaMgrahArthaM nivruttena chet jeevanamAtrArthaM
> taM, jnAnAgnidagdha karmANaM. statement like this would definitely convey
> the message that jnAna is not the sole property sanyAsa ashrama.  It can
> happen to anyone, anytime irrespective of his/her social status.  And this
> is what we have seen in the cases of ramaNa maharshi, rAmakrishna
> paramahaMsa, yAgnAvalkya, janaka, nachiketa, dhruva, yamadharma, maitreyi,
> gArgi, dharma vyAdha, vidhura, saMvarta, raikva etc. Kindly refer
> bhagavatpAda bhAshya on geeta verses like yasya sarve samAraMbhAH, kAma
> saMkalpavarjitAH jnAnAgni dagdhakarmANaM tamAhuH paNditaM budhAH and the
> next verse tyaktvA karmaphalAsaMgaM, nitya truptO nirAshrayaH,
> karmaNyabhipravruttOpi, naiva kiMchit karOti saH in fourth adhyAya...IMHO,
> these verses meant to show us that there is jnAni in other Ashrama-s also
> who seem to be doing karma.
>
> I am not aware of earlier discussions in this forum dating several years
> back.
>
> >  Kindly search the archieves prabhuji with appropriate search terms you
> would get the relevant thread.  Anyway, I cannot give you the relevant
> link as I dont have internet access.
>
>
> It would be a pity if you were to come to conclusions without going
> through
> these extensive and engrossing bhashyas. I do urge you at least as a
> matter
> of further interest to do so and then reply.
>
> >  thanks for your suggestion prabhuji.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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