[Advaita-l] Subject: A question on a dialogue in the Madhaviya Shankara Vijaya

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 1:08 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 1:00 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 10 May 2020, venkata raman via Advaita-l wrote:
> >
> > > Before the debate began, the two participants came to an understanding.
> > > Sankara said to Mandana: "If I win you should take sannyasa, if you
> win I
> > > shall become a house-holder *after performing the appropriate expiatory
> > > ceremony or I will continue to perform expiation until death*"
> >
> > Thank you.  Though I am wondering what that expiation is.  There is
> > definitely a school of thought that holds return from sannyasa is
> > impossible.  For instance the father of the famous Marathi Sant
> > Jnaneshvara was expelled from his community when he tried to do the same.
> >
> > Namaste.
>
>
> Answer is available in the above statement itself. Punishment or expiation
> is expulsion from the community.
>

True, I doubt if shishTa-s will accept such a 'grihastha' for vaidika
aachaara-s like shraaddha brahmaNatva, saha pankti bhojana, etc.

regards
subbu

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