1 Jul 2010 03:46
Re: Anadimatparambrahma
Here are some more thoughts on the topic: First a correction: I had presented these two verses and had highlighted two words in the second verse. I realized later that I should have underlined the word प्रकृतिः in the first verse and not in the second. Accordingly, the highlighting is shown now as: The wording of the verse 7.4 is: भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना *प्रकृतिर*ष्टधा ॥ In the above verse the Lord is giving a list of the jaDa prakRti that forms His lower nature called aparA prakRti. This name 'aparA prakRti' appears only in the next verse:7.5 - *अपरे*यं इतस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ The words in red fonts show the 'aparaa prakRti' and the blue fonts show the paraa prakrti, the two 'natures' of Brahman. Interestingly, the 'paraa prakRti' that is shown as jiva is taught as the very nature of Brahman, that too, the pAramArthika, higher nature. So,(Continue reading)
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Puranas give a chance for the women and non brahmins to understand the
vedanta. But purana knowledge is not same as vedanta knowledge.
> but stree shudrAdi-s can get vedAntic knowledge from smruti, itihAsa,
purAna itself...vidhura, dharmavyAdha etc. of mahAbhArata, stand tall in
this type of category.
Arjuna was a warrior not a brahmin Only sannyasi can get vedanta
knowledge.
> saNyAsa is helpful to channalize your sAdhana (brahma jignAsa) in right
direction...but it does not mean ONLY saNyAsi-s would get the vedAntic
knowledge...For that matter janaka who taught shuka was not a sanyAsi but
a kshatriya, yagnAvalkya at the time of announcing he is 'the brahmajnAni'
was not a sanyAsi but a gruhasta. (ofcourse, if you consider all these
upanishadic stories are real life episodes)
Krishna cannot give vedanta knowledge to non sannyasi.
> do you mean to say Krishna himself was not aware of vedAntic knowledge
since krishna himself was not a sanyAsi & was a big polygamist 
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