Philosophical Views and Certain Knowledge

[Krishna Vaidyanathan]

>People talked about a Guru.
>
>If the Guru tells you to drink arsinic Or any any other substance would
you do
>it?
>
>The answer lies in your response.

What kind of a Guru you are talking about? If you have any Guru in your
mind who would say such a thing, please educate us all. Rama was clear
in his reasoning. I don't think it needs any further elaboration.

Krishnakumar
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>From  Fri Mar 19 17:30:51 1999
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169. harShapradA

bhAShyaM
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harShaH Ananda kArakaH, mukha vikAsAdi karyonneyaH svAtma
saMbhAvana itara paribhava nimitta chitta vR^itti visheShaH |
tat.h pradAnaM tat.h hetoH api Akshipati iti sukha pradet.h iti
arthaH | pradadAti iti pradA | athavA, harshaH dhana yaunvAdi
sukhaM putra bhandu varga rupeNa parihR^itya prakarShena dyati
khaNDayati iti vA tathA || AUM harShapradAyai namaH ||

English translation:
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harShaH means joy or pleasure which is manifested in the
countenance, etc. It is the mental attitude of self esteem and
depreciation of others. SHE causes this experience, hence, SHE is
called as giver of that. SHE is bliss, hence SHE bestows it on
others, as the cause and result are one.

Or this name can be interpreted in another way. The term "pradA"
also means to cut off. SHE cuts off the fleeting pleasures
arising from ephemeral things like wealth, youth, children,
relatives and so on, by taking them away and conferring
renunciation and thereby granting eternal bliss of brahman.

AUM harShapradAyai namaH

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shankara bhAShyam of shrI lalitA trishatI

1) Original from Collected works of shrI shankara, Vol. 5.
   I have split the words so that it could be easily read. Be
   warned that there may mistakes in such splits.

   Complete details of the book is available from
   http://www.tamilcinema.com/samata/page1.html

2) Translation based on

Sri Lalita Trisati bhasya of Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada. With an introd., Sri
Vidya dipika (of Agastya) & English translation, by Chaganti Suryanarayana
Murthy, Ganesh and Co., Madras, 1967.

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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:24:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Swamy Ketha <sketha at puma.att.com>
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Subject: Re: your mail

Hi,

My name is Swamy S. Ketha.  I live in Edison, NJ.

My intereset in Advaita philsophy was born out of my desire to know more
about Hinduism.  My limited knowlege of Avaita philosophy comes from
reading books, and listening to lectures at Ramakrishna Ashram in
Hyderabad.

I came to know baout the List while doing a search for Adi Sankara.

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