Shankara's commentary:-
Page
489: "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Page 500 asks in effect "Tell us what
you know, show it, and let us examine it under the mental microscope." It
means we must bring notions and beliefs out of vagueness into clearness. It
also criticizes the mystics who claim superior knowledge but who cannot
communicate it for purposes of verification.
On
page 482: On Gnani: "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the
insignia of a monk's life,…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."
A Gnani is without the religious robes or symbols. he does not belongs to any religion.
Gnani will not
show off nor boast; for he wants to appear a normal man, not an extra-ordinary
one.
The ordinary
person thinks "this is a world "; "that is a man" etc.
whereas the Gnani thinks "this is Brahman, he is Brahman." etc.
It is said in
Mandukya that even the Gods cannot find out who is a Gnani, because he bears no
external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.
Sri Krishna
himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away.
The adepts give prasad, blessing, initiations, mantrams, etc. only to confer temporary
peace of mind, to help you to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The
capacity to receive it, must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.
The teachers
leave their experience behind in scriptures and books, as a legacy to posterity.
They know that books are illusory, but they also know they will be useful as a
means of progress from lower to higher ideas of truth.
Sahaja-samadhi is
for the Gnani , yoga-samadhi is for the mystic.
