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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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prescribed as a necessary prerequisite of liberation by the scriptures. The knowledge that takes the form of worship and meditation leads to liberation. The Pūrva-Mimālusā stresses therefore, the need of learning the methods of right worship and meditation which are taught by it into details. The PūrvaMimärsā gives instructions into details as regards the methods of scarifices, worship and meditation. It gives also supreme importance to the potency possessed by the words of the mantras. Kumārila Bhațța says--"As for the knowledge of the Soul, it is the both Kratvartha (past) - helpful to the sacrifice and Purusārtha (9697) - helpful to man; in as much as, unless one knows the Soul, he cannot undertake the performance of a sacrifice which is prescribed. We find such Vedic texts as - The Soul free from evil, is to be after, etc., ....' which lay down the knowing of the Soul as to be acquired through reflection, etc., .... and as leading to both kinds of results — Happiness and Liberation. Then again, there is the text-"He obtains all desires and passes beyond all sorrows"; which speaks of all the eight mystic Perfections (of Yoga) accruing to the person knowing the Soul; and then lastly there is the text “Passing his life thus, he reaches the regions of Brahman and from there never returns" which directly speaks of liberation (as resulting from Soul-knowledge)."
In general it can be said that the M māsakas
1 Tantravartika, p. 321. Under Sutra 1.3. Adhikarana 9. (Etglish Tr.)
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