Freedom or Moksha right here right now i.e. in this very life and in this very world.+
Freedom or Moksha right here, right now, i.e., in this very life and in this very world.
The Upanishads say: ~ It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion and scriptural study.
If Sage Sankara has declared that the world is a myth Brahman alone is real, then it is time for everyone to overcome ignorance and realize the truth to determine whether what Sage Sankara said was the truth or not.
With nagging orthodox parents trying to impose their orthodox ideas on their children, staying in the self-imposed prison of orthodoxy without realizing they are on the wrong path, and they think they are on the right path to Moksha. The orthodox people live in the prison of dogmas.
The orthodox Advaitins believe that karma is meant for the ignorant crowd. the way. However, the Sage Sankara on the Advaitic Gnana is meant for those who wish to realize the ultimate truth hidden by ignorance.
Mundaka Upanishad condemns rituals. The Para or Higher knowledge is the knowledge of the Supreme Being, while the Apara or Lower Knowledge is that of following sacrificial rites and ceremonies. (1/2/ 1 – 6)
Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The Sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing the sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the sea of Samsara on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men, proud of their vain learning, go round and round like the blind led by the blind.
The essence of Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “Do not be satisfied with rituals, yoga, etc., which are good in their own way, but inquire. Into what? Brahman and Atman are things you can never see. So do not inquire into them. Inquire into the world around you, which you can see.
Sage Sankara says ~ “The scriptures dealing with rituals and rewards are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.
Adhyasa Bhashya of Sage Sankara:~ (11) As regards the rituals, Sage Sri, Sankara says, the person who performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself in terms of the caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in society, etc. In addition, he is required to perform rituals throughout his life. However, the Self has none of those attributes or tags. Hence, the person who superimposes all those attributes on the changeless, eternal Self and identifies the Self with the body is confusing one for the other; and is, therefore, an ignorant person. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc., are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.
Sage Sankara says rituals and rites such as yajna or fire rituals are meant for the ignorant populace. Sage Sankara asserts that it will not prepare the mindset for the journey to Self-knowledge.
The orthodox people expect their clan to follow a certain outdated religious code of conduct (Shastras) and live dogmatically following the traditional lifestyle.
Those who follow the orthodoxy are favored, and others are condemned; they think they are going to get Moksha by doing this act. Their chosen path is meant for the ignorant populace who have a sheepish mentality, blindly accepting the inherited dogmas.
It is high time to stop judging who is right and who is wrong in this unreal world; instead, spend the same time acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to realize the world(samsara) is unreal, the Brahman alone is real.
It is high time for the educated orthodox followers to realize that their orthodox path was meant for the ignorant populace in the past; therefore, it is not suited for the modern mindset.
According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the most advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman. Thus, the purva mimam.sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the Jnana Kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures.
The orthodox seekers are the ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices.
Sage Sankara says the world is an illusion; it includes birth, life, and death, which happen within the illusory world. Thus, the seeker's main aim is to mentally trace the formless substance of the illusion, which is also the witness of the illusion. The formless substance and witness of the illusion (world), is the Atman, and this Atman itself is Brahman.
All desire for the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices is of the dualistic illusion. Therefore, heaven and other pleasures are nothing but imagination based on the false self within the false experience. All the results of ritual sacrifices are nothing but a myth propagated by the belief system.
It is time to stop imposing their inherited ideas on the children, which blocks their reasoning power, believing all the myths propagated in the past by the belief system as truth. The path of the wisdom of Sage Sankara is most suited for the modern mindset.
The orthodox religious Advaitic path has nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
Getting stuck with the religious path is getting stuck with ignorance. Getting stuck with ignorance is getting stuck with a dualistic illusion. Getting stuck with the dualistic illusion is accepting the experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.
Thus, people who want freedom or Moksha right here right now must that is, in this very life and in this very world, must follow the Soulcentric path of wisdom. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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