tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Conclusion
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Kabir, who was neither purely a Hindu nor purely a Mohammedan, was disgusted with their quarrels abɔut the name and nature of God and hence, he depicted his Reality - Räma -as Nirguņa (Brahman), beyond these distinctions, being the same for both, partial to neither and bearing different names. His condemnation of the scholastic religious tradition may be due to his own illiteracy and inability to study the original classics. His doctrine of Bhakti (devotion) as a means of attaining Moksa might have been a result of the denial to study the original scriptures due to his anomalous social position; he must have therefore thought it necessary to open the gates of Moksa to the persons of all castes and creeds, irrespective of their origin and social status, by means of only sincere devotion. Similar episodes are known from the life-histories of Tulasidasa and Sarad.sa. It is said that Tulasidāsa was too much attached to his wife and that she scolded him harshly and asked him to direct his attention to God when he had gone to meet her when she had been on a short visit to her parents. Since then Tulasidasa renounced everything, and sublimated his love for his wife into exclusive devotion to Rāma. Sūradāsa also turned blind on a peculiar occasion. A lady had scolded him for casting on her his sinful sight and so she had asked him to concentrate his mind upon God rather than look at her, so that he would attain blessedness. As a result Süradāsa destroyed his eyesight and became a profound devotee of Srīkļşņa. He had A 52
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