[Advaita-l] Sankhya and Yoga can give Moksha?

Venkatesh Murthy वेङ्कटेशः vmurthy36 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 05:21:56 CDT 2012


Namaste

In that case what is the meaning of Vaidika Jnana = Sankhya and
Vaidika Dhyana = Yoga? Where is Adi Sankara describing Vaidika Dhyana?
Is it meditation on Brahman?

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:47 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda
<kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Venkateshji - PraNAms
>
> A simple answer without going into elaborate discussion, since you asked.
>
> Because the direct statement contradicts advaita state of turiiyam of Mandukya and other mahaavaakyas of the Upanishads that state jiiva jagat Iswara aikyam in moksha.   Sankhya and yoga philosophies subscribe to plurality of jiivas in moksha too. Hence the upanishad statements have to be properly interpreted for samanvayam or consistency - tatttu samanvayaat.
>
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
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> --- On Fri, 4/27/12, Venkatesh Murthy वेङ्कटेशः <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote: I
>> am unable
>> to understand why he is not accepting Svetasvatara Upanishad
>> direct
>> meaning.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> -Venkatesh
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