Shankara and Krishna

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Sankar Jayanarayanan wrote:

> What exactly is Shankara's view on the subject of the shudra's
> competence to brahma-vidya?
>

A Shudra is entitled to learn smriti such as the Mahabharata (of which the
Bhagavadgita is a part) and the Puranas.  This is his path to
brahma-vidya.

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