The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c5.s3.t1: 1. The indispensable Condition
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c5.s3.t1
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1. The indispensable Condition
c5.s3.t1.1
The question, who is to be admitted to the saving teaching of the Vedânta, and who is to be excluded from it, is discussed in an episode of the first Adhyâya of the Brahmasûtra's with great fulness (p. 280—323), and the result is, that there are called to knowledge, all those who are reborn (dvija) through the Sacrament of the Upanayanam (the initiation by a teacher with the solemn investiture with the sacred thread), therefore if they fulfil this condition, all Brâhmaṇa's, Kshatriya's and Vaiçyas, and further also the gods and (departed) Rishis; that, on the contrary, the Çûdra's (belonging to the fourth, non-Aryan, caste) are excluded from it.
c5.s3.t1.2
Both the exclusion of the Çûdra's and the inclusion of the gods, give rise to long and interesting discussions.
Cites (1)
- Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit