Re: prerequisites to learn advaita?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
There is another view on the person that is fit ( or not fit) to learn... let me offer this for your review. First let's start with those that are not.
There are some people on this good earth that are just not ready for higher levels of knowledge. That is , one's ignorance is so dense that they don't know that they do not know a higher level of existence could even possibly exist. This level is pure moha - the darkness or delusion of mind preventing the discernment of truth.
There also is another type of person that is not amenable for instruction - the brahmanirvāṇain or the realized muni where the realization of Being is in full bloom.
The others
So, all others between the purely ignorant and the purely enlightened are the candiates for instruction and knowledge. How so? It is these people ( including me) that have doubts. We can look at the ~spread~ of people in this light:
- 0% knowledge + 100% ignorance = pure moha
- some knowlege + some ignorance = doubts and this person can be called a śiṣya ( some write śishya) or student, or tapasvin¹
- 100% knowledge + 0% ignornace = brahmanirvāṇain or muni
You see , when one has doubts it suggests that the intellect is at work probing, questioning and discovering. This is healthy. What then is needed ? The application of the ointment of knowledge, as the wise say. It is this person that śikṣā (training, teaching) bears the greatest fruit.
praṇām
words
1. tapasvin - still practicing ; working with and practicing tapas or austerity , penance , deep meditation , special observance, etc.
Last edited by yajvan; 19 November 2012 at 06:21 PM.
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