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Rishi and Jnani
Dear Sri Jay:
There is very little difference between a Rishi and a Jnani.
A Rishi is a Seer, especially one who has contributed to the Vedas,
either in the Vedic Text or in the analysis of the Vedas. A Jnani is
someone who is a Samyagdarshi (one who sees all creation equally).
A more important distinction to recognize is between the Rishi and the Muni.
A Rishi goes by VarnAshrama-dharma, and is not opposed to rituals. But a
Muni does not go by the VarnAshrama-dharma, he is called the
Pandita-brAtya, and is agianst rituals. They represent the two main ways
Hinduism developed, that is, as Rishi-prashthAna and as Muni-prashthAna.
With best regards,
Dhruba.
