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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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34. Know that by prostrating yourself, by questions, and by service, the wise, those who have realised the Truth, will instruct you in that knowledge. Know that, the process by which it is obtained: -approaching the Acāryas (teachers), by prostrating yourself, falling exceedingly low in a long prostration, by questions:"What is the cause of bondage? What is the means of liberation?, What is knowledge?, What is nescience (avidyā)?"; and by service, attendance on the Guru (i.e. Acaryā). Pleased with these and other acts of utmost respectfulness, the teachers, the wise, those who know the Truth and have also realised the Truth, will instruct you in, communicate to you, that knowledge which has been described. Though knowing the Truth, only some realise the Truth as It is, while others do not; hence the attribute, "who have realised the Truth". The Lord is thus of the opinion that only the knowledge imparted by those who have realised the perfect Truth is capable of bringing about results, and nothing else will. Since it is so, the following statement is also apposite: |
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