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Dear Shyamji,

 

This is in continuation of my previous post.

 

Shri Shankara has stated in his bhAShya on

 

Br.up.4.4.6.--- *tasmaat avidyaanivr.ttimaatre

mokshavyavahaaraH-------sarpaadinivr.ttiH. *

 

“Therefore, as we have already said, the cessation of ignorance alone is

what is known as liberation, like the disappearance of the snake, for

instance, from the rope when the wrong notion about its existence has been

eradicated”. * *

 

The cessation of ignorance is simultaneous with the rise of Self-knowledge.

Thus liberation is simultaneous with Self-knowledge. One of the places where

this has been clearly stated is the following passage in the bhAShya on

brahma sutra 1.1.4:-- (Translation of Swami Gambhirananda).

 

 

 

“The following texts show liberation as coming immediately after the

knowledge of brahman; and thereby they deny any activity in the interval.

(Here the word anantaram has been translated as immediately after, but it

actually means- without any interval or antaram). “Anyone who knows brahman

becomes brahman” (muND. 3.2.19), “ When that brahman, the basis of all

causes and effects, becomes known all the results of his actions become

exhausted” (muND. 2.2.8), “One who knows the Bliss (that is the very nature)

of brahman ceases to have any fear from anything” (tai. 2.9), “It knew only

Itself as, “I am brahman”, thereby It became all” (br.up.1.4.10), etc”.

 

Thus it is clear that there is no interval between knowledge and liberation

as you have assumed. This is well known as a fundamental theory of

Shankara.

 

Shri Shankara has clearly stated in the statement from taitt. up 1.11 which

I had previously quoted, that persons belonging to all Ashramas are entitled

to knowledge, which is the same as mukti. This cannot be dismissed as

dealing only with exceptions as you have done.

 

According to Shankara, shUdras are not entitled to sannyAsa. But, as

pointed out by Bhaskarji, Shankara says in Apashudra adhikaraNa that shUdras

are also entitled to knowledge. This itself shows that sannyAsa is not an

essential condition for liberation.

 

No doubt, sannyAsa is of great help because a gRihastha has many duties and

distractions. Shankara says in muND. up that it is difficult for gRihasthas

to attain Self-knowledge. But he does not deny that possibility.

 

Best wishes,

 

S.N.Sastri

 

 

 

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