[Advaita-l] Are actions essentially meaningless?

Swami Sarvabhutananda swami.sarvabhutananda at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 21:40:00 CST 2012


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THIS IS THE STATUS OF A KIVANMUKTAH!
SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 11:39 AM, श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <
lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Rajaram Venkataramani <
> rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When does one become a paroksha jnani, if the fourth
> > stage is aparoksha?
> >
>
> In previous stage.
> The paroxa-GYAna is knowledge which removes ignorance of and doubts about
> brahman and has shape - brahman is. While aparoxa-GYAna removes ignorance
> of and doubts about oneness of jIva and brahman and has shape - I am
> brahman.
> It's clear that paroxa-GYAna of brahman arises before doing
> tatpadArthashodhanam (तत्पदार्थशोधनम्) which is prerequisite for
> aparoxa-GYAna to arise from mahAvAkya-s. So, it must occur before even
> trying to get meaning of mahAvAkya.
> Moreover, One could inquire about something only after knowing something
> about it. So, at least fickle paroxa-GYAna, that brahman exists, is
> necessary for jiGYAsA to arise, which is first amongst the stages
> described. It becomes stable and devoid of doubts after practicing yukti-s.
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