[Advaita-l] Isavasya Upanisad 9th Mantra

[V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l]

2014-05-22 14:16 GMT+05:30 H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
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> Namaste.
>
> Nitya karma and Naimittika karma are compulsary for all three ashramas. But
> upasanas are not compulsary.  Without performing karmas, whatever else one
> performs, including upasana, they do not give fruitful phalas. That is the
> reason why those who perform upasana only , to the exclusion of
> nitya/naimittika karmas , are said to go to greater darkness. For upasanas
> to lead to phalas greater than is obtainable from karma alone ,  they must
> necessarily be performed in conjunction ( samuchhaya ) with karmas.
>
> Regards
>
>
> 2014-05-22 11:34 GMT+05:30 Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > There was a discussion on Satya Darshana on this. I went to the new
> > Sringeri Sankara Bhashya site and searched.
> >
> > Below is the Sankara Bhashya
> >
> > अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति ये अविद्यामुपासते ।
> > ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥ ९ ॥
> > भाष्यम्
> > अन्धं तमः अदर्शनात्मकं तमः प्रविशन्ति । के ? ये अविद्याम्, विद्याया अन्या
> > अविद्या कर्मेत्यर्थः, कर्मणो विद्याविरोधित्वात्,
> > तामविद्यामग्निहोत्रादिलक्षणामेव केवलाम् उपासते तत्पराः
> > सन्तोऽनुतिष्ठन्तीत्यभिप्रायः । ततः तस्मादन्धात्मकात्तमसः भूय इव बहुतरमेव
> ते
> > तमः प्रविशन्ति । के ? कर्म हित्वा ये उ ये तु विद्यायामेव देवताज्ञाने एव
> > रताः अभिरताः ॥
> >
> > The question I have is why Adi Sankara has not explained why people
> > absorbed in meditation on gods go to Greater Darkness than people doing
> > Karma? Adi Sankara does not explain why.
> >
> > On TV discussion the explanation was different. Avidya is Loukika Vidya
> > like Science, Engineering and others. Vidya is Bookish knowledge of
> Brahma.
> > If you have only bookish knowledge of Brahma and no realization it is
> worse
> > than having knowledge of Loukika Sastras like Science. With bookish
> > knowledge of Brahma you are making a big mistake thinking you know
> Brahma.
> > But you do not know.
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > -Venkatesh
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