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Ātman and Moksa
like renunciation ( vairāgya-avisa), etc. Yogic practices act as auxiliary to it.
The knowledge of is'vara or Brahman also is dependent on is'vara Himself. Knowledge has two forms, the one is that of the world which leads to further attachment, and the bondage of the world becomes stronger thereby; the second is that of Is'vara which leads to the attainment of Moksa.
According to Jayatirtha, Brahmajijñāsā (AHIHIHI) the curiosity of the Brahman is equivalent to upāsanā (597697) which means worship. Upāsanā, according to him, consists in the contemplation of īs'vara after fully studying the scriptures and removing all kinds of ignorance and doubt from the mind about the nature of is'vara. The contemplation also is the contemplation of the pure and blissful nature of the Paramātmā, who is free from all sinful qualities by means of observing all the rules of worship like sandhyāvandana (EuroCT ), etc. Mokşa is attained by the contemplation of Paramātmā (dhyānenaiva-winga) and of His extraordinary (aloukika-
3 76) attributes. Madhva gives supreme importance to bhakti as the most indispensable means for the attainment of Moksa. He states that merely attending to the scripture and the grace of the guru is not sufficient but bhakti also must be practised along with them. It is necessary for a 1 Jayatirtha : Tattvaprakas'ikā, 3.3, p. 163.
उपासना नाम ब्रह्मनिज्ञासा । 2 Ibid. 3.3, p. 164. 3 Jayatįrtha : Tattvaprakās'ikā, 3.3, p. 169. 4 Madhva : Madhya Bhäsya, p. 57.
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