An option for the change of preceptor in the matter of grace (to he shown by the new master) obtained is admissible as in the case of mental acts.

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46. An option for the change of preceptor in the matter of grace (to he shown by the new master) obtained is admissible as in the case of mental acts.

It is not obligatory that he who is at first sought as preceptor is to be the only preceptor; even another preceptor that may happen to be afterwards found, may also be betaken to, if the latter is capable of conferring on him (the pupil) the full grace (i.e. the full light of knowledge for which he is eligible). If the latter should happen to be an equal, superior, or inferior, to the first preceptor, and if he should of his own accord offer his instruction then, i.e., either in accepting him or rejecting him, an option has to be exercised, as in the case of mental acts (i.e., in two acts of meditation of equal efficacy, (either of them may be chosen). The following is in the Brihat Tantra: “If a preceptor superior to the first should of his own accord come to the pupil, he may be accepted without a question; but it is optional in the Case of equals. Not having received the full grace, Satyakama with the permission of Rishabha and others went back to his preceptor and from him obtained it (the perfect grace), which is of course just.” Also in the Maha Samhita: “If another preceptor equal to the first should of himself (offer to) show perfect grace, (then) the pupil may, with the permission of the first, unquestionably accept him. Just as there is a choice between two acts of meditation tending to the same purpose, so also it is in the matter of going to a second preceptor.”

47. And on account of the extension of the rule.

For the pupil is referred to other teachers as in the Paushyayana Shruti thus: “Meditate on Brahman, worship Brahman, hear of and study that; may that protect thee; just as thou worshippest Brahman, just as thou worshippest me, attend upon and worship all those others who are like myself and who are greater than myself, learn (hear) from them; may they protect thee. (Thus the pupil is permitted to go to equals or better preceptors).

It should not be supposed that there is means other than knowledge of obtaining release, from such texts as “By Karma only, indeed, Janaka and others have accomplished the highest good” (Gita III. 20); for,

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