Guest guest Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Having said that, there are instances even in Shankara’s bhashyas where he clearly differentiates jnana and mukti. praNAms Sri Shyam prabhuji Hare Krishna This goes quite against to the shankara bhAshya. Shankara reinforces his argument at various places without any ambiguity that final release (mukti) is only the dispersal of ignorance and no more!! Take the tattu samanvayAt sUtra bhAshya for example : Shruti-s point out that mOksha accrues immediately after the dawn of the knowledge of brahman, and thus precludes the necessity for anything else to be done in the interval before release. brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati...and in continution shankara quotes br.up. 1-4-10 mantra and says this shruti maNtra wards off the idea of something to be done in the interval between realization of brahman and becoming all this universe. This passage is analogous to the statement 'he sings standing' where it is conclusive that there is no action intervening between the acts of standing and singing.... So, according to shankara there is no interval between jnAna & mukti & this mukti is nothing but just removal of ignorance & NOTHING ELSE!! Then, what exactly is jnAna daurbalyaM?? shankara himself clarifies in subsequent br. up. bhAshya. BTW, what exactly is this mukti you are talking about APART FROM samyakjnAna?? is this a special 'experience' in sanyAsa Ashrama?? kindly clarify. Hari Hari Hari Bol!!! bhaskar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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