Advaita Vedanta Brahma Jnana Yoga in the Kurmapuranam
The chapter under consideration of the Kurmapuranam is a fine teaching of Brahmavidya.
The teaching of Brahmavidya in this chapter is complete in the sense that it teaches the Brahma svarupam, the kind of realization, brahmabhaavah, the saadhana – enquiry, the adhikari – the one with chittashuddhi and bhakti – indicated by karma anushthana, bhakti sadhana, worship of Shiva, shiva-mantras Rudram, etc. A number of Upanishadic passages are explicitly or implicitly paraphrased here. The Bhagavadgita and the Brahmasutras too are implicitly woven into the verses here. One can also see how a crucial word in the Shaankara Brahma Sutra bhashya – ब्रह्मभावश्च मोक्षः is contained in this chapter verbatim.
This writing, of some 26 pages, can be studied by those who are not exposed to the teaching of Vedanta, as an introduction manual. For those who are versed with the Vedanta, this will serve the purpose of a revision, especially, mananam. The article can be downloaded here:
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