The Upanishads and Sri Sankara's Commentary Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...resulting from their non-performance,"--this cannot be; because it is only one who has notions of diversity that is entitled to such Actions; we have already explained that it is only one who has notions of diversity, whose notions of diversity have not been suppressed by knowledge, that is entitled to the performance of Action. And the sin, resulting from the non-performance of an Action, accrues to him only, who is entitled to its performance, --and not to one who is not so entitled; for instance the non-performance, by a "Householder," of the duties of the "Student" does not constitute a sin. If it he urged that "in that case, all people, who are still in one of the four stages, but have realised unity, would be Saii;/(i'i$'--this cannot be; because so long as a man continues in one of the stages the ideas of ownership are not suppressed; and because the other stages are for the performance of Actions, as declared in the Sruti "then should he perform Actions." Therefore the Mendicant alone, who is devoid of all notions of ownership, can be a "Sani/di" which the Householder and others can never be. If it be urged that "inasmuch as all notions of diversity, on which injunctions for actions are based, are suppressed by the notion of unit' got at by means of the texts laying it down, none of the Restraints, Observances, &c. can apply to the Sany&ti"--we deny this: because these (Restraints &c), helping one to restrain himself, do apply to the Sanyati, when he happens to be separated, from the notion of unity, by Hunger &c. But from this it does not follow that for the Sanyusi, there is also a chanceof stooping to prohibited deeds. Because such deeds are prohibited...