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If without having completed Veda Adhayayana one cannot take samnyasa from a traditional Acharya, how come was Samnyasa Ashrama given to Sri Sivaswami by the then Sringeri Jagadguru Sri Nrusimha Bharathi Swamigal, to the former, when the former was only 9 years old ? The initiate was Jagadguru Sri Sachidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharathi the famous. In Sringeri tradition itself, many were initiated into Samnyasam at a very young age. Jagadguru Srimadabhinava Vidya theertha Swamigal for example.Thanks & Regards,Venkat.Sadgurubhyo Namah.--- On Sat, 13/2/10, snsastri <sn.sastri wrote:

snsastri <sn.sastri Re: A Perspective - 21advaitin Date: Saturday, 13 February, 2010, 9:02 PM

Dear Sada-ji,My teacher Dr. Krishnamurthy Sastri who is an eminent scholar in Vedanta has also repeatedly stated in our class that Shri Shankara does not consider sannyAsa to be essential.If we say that Shri Shankara insists on sannyAsa, then we must also accept that the sannyAsa he is speaking about is what is laid down in the shruti and smRti. That is very much different from the diluted sannyAsa of some present-day sannyAsis. The traditional type of sannyAsa is what is observed by the Acharyas of the mathas established by Shankara and the other sannyAsis there. They should bathe three times a day (triShavaNasnAnam) , do japa and eat only once a day. The traditional kind of sannyAsa can be given only by the traditional sannyasis. They will give it only to Brahmin males and that too only to those who have been leading their lives strictly as laid down in the shrutis and smRtis. Most of us cannot dream of being accepted by them for sannyAsa.

So from the practical point of view also there is no point in saying that sannyAsa is essential. Swami Sivananda gave sannyAsa irrespective of caste and also to women. But this is not approved by the traditional Acharyas. Shankara has said in the bRihadAranyaka up. bhAShya that only Brahmins are entitled to sannyAsa. According to Manu smRti a Brahmin loses his brAhmaNatva if he does not study the vedas. Such a person will not be given sannyAsa by the traditional Acharyas.Any one can get the modern kind of sannyAsa, but that is not the sannyAsa that Shankara speaks of. Best wishes,S.N.Sastriadvaitin@ s.com, "kuntimaddisada" <kuntimaddisada@ ...> wrote:> As for as physical sanyaasa is concerned I concur with Swami Paramarthanandaji

talks on Sanyaasa - One may be able to down load that talk.> > In essence it is not necessary, but it is helpful. > > Hari Om!> Sadananda>

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