Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Further Clarifications on Jnana & Jnani

Chennai City September 5, 2012

Following is the fifteenth and final in the series of benedictory discourses delivered by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji during Chaturmasya at Chennai in 2012, on Vedanta, choosing topics from the Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

Topics

Is it true that Brahma Jnana leads to Moksha for there are instances in the Itihasas and Puranas where we find that even Brahma Jnanis are seen to take further births?
Answer for the above based on understanding of Prarabdha Karma
Significance of the time of death, referring to the scriptural statement that dying in the Uttarayana is preferred while dying in Dakshinayana definitely causes return to Samsaara
Above statement does not apply to the passing away of a Brahma Jnani

Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names