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Knowledge No Help In Salvation Bhaja Govindam Sankaracharya

Adi Sankaracharya,as Rajaji puts it in his introduction to MS rendering of The Bhaja Govindam,who drank the nectar of Knowledge as one wold a sip of water from one's palm, extols the virtues of Bhakti in his famous song/sloka Bhaja Govinda,(Repeat 'Govinda', a Name of Lord Vishnu)

Adi Shankaracharya, he proponent of Advaita, Non Dualism, is one who seems to advocate Gnana Yoga, The Path Of Yoga.

He also advocates Karma Yoga, in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya.

He assigns a great importance to the understanding of The Reality, Gnana Yoga.

But Sankaracharaya, who is such an ardent protagonist of the Path of Knowledge, reverts to bhakti in his Bhaja Govindam.

It is, as decreed in the scriptures,, rare to be born a Human being, where limited Freedom Of Choice if offered to realize Godhood.

Depending on one's mental attitude and dispositions. various paths for realizing Godhood are proposed in Hinduism.

They are,

Gnana Yoga, The Path of Knowledge,

Karma Yoga , The Path of Action,

Raja Yoga, The Path of Physical and Mental Disciple, and

Bhakti Yoga, The path of Surrender to God.

I Never Get Freed AdiSankaracharya Nirvana Shatakam

Bondage, be it at the Transient or the Transcendental Level, needs two entities.

One never gets Bonded or bonded to when only he Is Present.

In Indian Philosophy even yearning for Realization causes Bondage!

The fruit that accrues of it is the eternal desire to be Free,

So to be a fully Liberated Soul, one is not to yearn for Realization , it as a Goal.

The goal is to be that of simply knowing One's True Nature and not anything else.

This is true Moksha or Nirvana.

Unlike Buddhism the Nirvana is not Nihilistic,One Becomes a part of the Whole .

The Part can not rejoice having become one for it has been the Whole all the while and the impression of being a Part is a temporary Illusive Phenomena,necessitated by Ignorance, impelled by Karma Vaasana,Remnants of the results of actions performed .physically and mentally.

Upon this Realization , verily there is No need for Freedom nor is there One really.