Brahma Sūtra 4.1.10

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्मरन्ति च

smaranti ca

Sūtra translation

And Smmi-passages say the same.

Authoritative authors also teach in their Sm;^/tis that a sitting posture subserves the act of meditation : cp. e.g. Bha. Gitd VI, ii, ‘Having

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्मरन्ति च

smaranti ca

Sūtra translation

And Smriti texts say the same.

Smriti texts also declare that he only who sits can meditate, 'Having placed his steady seat upon a pure spot, there seated upon that

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्मरन्ति च

smaranti ca

Sūtra translation

(Krishna and others) also have thus enunciated (it) in Bmriti.

" For the purification of self, he shall be engaged in meditation holding his body, head and neck erect and motionless, keeping his mind

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