[Advaita-l] SIDDHANTALESASANGRAHA

[Bhaskar YR]

Sureshvaracharya says in his vartika on the bhasya of Brihadarnyakopanishad that " All the different means by which people can  attain the knowledge of the self should be understood to be valid and there exists infinite ways.

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Hare Krishna

Does this mean there are infinite ways exist to attain the SAME knowledge of the self??  I don’t think so in the light of shruti vAkya : nAnyaH panthA ayanAya vidyate and smruti vAkya : na hi jnAnena sadrushaM.  Anyway we have to understand statements like above in the context of shruti verdict.  For that matter within the vaidika mArga only jnana mArga preferred that too in a systematic way.  One cannot claim by following either of karma, bhakti, yOga, jnana one can attain the 'SAME' result.  I think Advaita tradition is more conservative when it comes to means to mOksha.  

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
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