Mukti 2

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Namaste to all,

 

Am I reading this incorrectly, or does Shankara say in Brahma Sutra Bhasya 4:4:2

that there is a type of ultimate liberation which is a kind of heaven and

therefore in which some kind of individuality is retained?

 

thank you

 

Ju

 

 

 

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe38/sbe38338.htm

 

Those who, in following the road of the gods… reach the world of Brahman as

described by scripture--where 'there are the two lakes Ara and Nya in the world

of Brahman, in the third heaven from hence,' and where 'there is the lake

Airammadîya and the Asvattha tree showering down Soma, and the city of Brahman

Aparâgitâ and the golden hall built by Prabhu' …those, we say, who reach

that world do not return from there after having finished the enjoyment of their

deeds; as those do who have gone to the world of the moon and other places.

Why so?--Because scriptural passages teach that they do not so return... It is a

settled matter that those who through perfect knowledge have dispelled all

mental darkness and are devoted to the eternally perfect Nirvâna do not

return…