[Advaita-l] Commentary on Ramana's Forty Verses

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Reg  << Yes I think it is pretty clear that the "institution" of sannyasa
(with
danda, kesari clothes etc.) is not a hard requirement. But the physical
renunciation of material goods and values is required for moksha wouldn't
you agree?  >>,

No no. My own personal understanding is that according to Sri Bhagavatpada,
Ashrama sanyAsa is mandatory for jnAna. In my earlier post, I only wanted
to pointout that there are other views as well amongst  current day
advaitins.

Regards

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 12:18 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jun 2021, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > Namaste.
> >
> > Even among the traditionalists, there is a debate as to whether Sri
> > Bhagavatpada enjoins ashrama sanyasa as a prerequisite for Realization.
> > Swami Paramarthananda himself takes the view that it is not compulsory
> even
> > as per Sri Bhagavatpada.
> >
>
> Yes I think it is pretty clear that the "institution" of sannyasa (with
> danda, kesari clothes etc.) is not a hard requirement. But the physical
> renunciation of material goods and values is required for moksha wouldn't
> you agree?
>
> Hopefully sometime next week I can write about the discussion on sannyasa
> ashrama in the Brahmasutras.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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