Neti Yoga

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

Hari Om !!

--- "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:
> Yes and very much so. Even the Advaita Vedanta
Parampara traces back
to Lord
> Narayana, then Sanandana, Maharishi Vashishtha and
others. The
teaching is
> Sanatan, like our Dharma, but the formality and the
clear distinction
that
> exists in Advaita Vedanta of today is only because
of Jagadguru Adi
> Shankaracharya.
>

And it is that formality and clarity which counts.
Other kinds of
Vedantins also claim their descent from Shri Narayana,
Upanishadic
Rshis
such as Yajnavalkya etc. as their own.  we can claim
and counter-claim
but
we really can't prove it either way.  It's only with
Gaudapadacharya
and
Shankaracharya that we can really establish Advaita
parampara on a
historical footing.  I've also given the names of a
few earlier
advaitins
on advaita-l but their particular parampara no longer
exists except
through Shankaracharya.  If others were able to grasp
Advaitic
teachings
however poorly it has been due to Shankaracharya.
Else we would be
able
to trace their ideas through history.  We can't.

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A side question:

We recite: sadAsiva samarambham ....
also, I know based on Bhagavata tradition, we believe
Lord Narayana taught Sanaka, Sanandana rishis.

What is the reconciliation between these two
statements ?

Om Namo Narayanaya !!

Srikrisna

So, how and why



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