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    It is not the case that A qualified student of Advaita Vedanta must fulfill four prerequisite conditions before pursuing liberation.

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    • 1.The Mimamsa school argues that Vedic ritual action (karma-kanda) itself constitutes the authoritative path, not preparatory discriminative knowledge.
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    • 2.Shankara's four prerequisites presuppose the primacy of jnana-kanda over karma-kanda, a hierarchical move that Kumarila Bhatta explicitly contested on exegetical grounds.
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    • 3.If the Veda speaks with unified authority across its portions, no single preparatory schema derived from one textual strand can claim universal prerequisite status.
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    • 1.Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita holds that divine grace (prasada) alone enables liberation, rendering prior qualification by human effort insufficient.
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    • 2.If liberation depends on Ishvara's sovereign grace, then prerequisite conditions become spiritually secondary rather than necessary preconditions.
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    • 1.Discrimination between what is transient and what is eternal is required.
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    • 2.Dispassion towards objects of enjoyment is required.
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    • 3.Perfecting practices such as control of the mind and senses is required.
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