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THE SATRAS - II |
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Therefore, the
longing of Jiva for Brahman is often shifted through the agency of inaya. Sankaradeva
prescribes a mode by which Jivatma can purify itself. This mode is constant meditation of
the narne of God. Sankaradeva has expressed the concept of ideal meditation in terms of a
symbol throughout his works. Uddhava, the attendant disciple of Krishna is the symbol of
Jivatma with its longing to merge
in the resplendent glory of Paramatma. According to Sankaradeva, through the constant
meditation after the pattern of Uddhava, Jiva can be assured of its liberation from the
bondage of birth.
Sankaradeva propagated his new religion at a time when ritualism was gaining ground with
occasional intrusions of ultra- religious animism and occultism. In order to do away with
the mushroom growth of gods, he was logically proceeding against the theological basis of
polytheism. He emphasized the unity of essential Godhead. |
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