Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
And on this view the proof of the non-qualification of the Sudra, as given in the preceding Sutras, holds good. Here terminates the adhikarana of 'the exclusion of the Sudras.
The next Sutra declares that the non-qualification of the Sudra proved by reasoning is confirmed by Scripture and Smriti. On account of the reference to ceremonial purifications, and on account of the declaration of their absence. Up. And on account of the procedure, on the ascertainment of the non- being of that.
We must here point out that the non-qualification of Sudras for the cognition of Brahman can in no way be asserted by those who hold that a Brahman consisting of pure non-differenced intelligence constitutes the sole reality; that everything else is false; that all bondage is unreal; that such bondage may be put an end to by the mere cognition of the true nature of Reality such cognition resulting from the hearing of certain texts; and that the cessation of bondage thus effected constitutes final Release.
Word Of The Day