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This could be to motivate the dvijas associated with the Mutt to have

absolute faith in performing their Nitya Karmas.

 

 

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:29:06 -0000, Prabodh Vekhande

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> Dear All Namste

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> This is what H.H. Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha says

> about Mundaka Upanishad and Para and Apara Vidya.

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> "If you do not realise that the karmakanda is a means to take you to

> the "paravidya" that is constituted by the Upanisads, then the Vedas

> (that is their karmakanda) is an apara vidya like any other subject

> such as history or geography that is learned at school. It is for this

> reason that the Mundaka Upanisad includes the Vedas in the category of

> apara-vidya. This Upanisad describes a person who performs Vedic rites

> for ephemeral enjoyments, mundane benefits, as a mere beast (pasu)."

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> I thought that Adi Shankara said that Vedas and 6 vedangs are Para

> Vidya.But H.H. Jayendra Saraswati seems to say opposite. What am I

> missing?

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> Prabodh

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