[Advaita-l] Which is better: Devotion or Self-realisation

[Amuthan Arunkumar R]

namo nArAyaNAya!

dear shrI abhiShek,

--- Abhishek RK <rkabhi_at_gmail_dot_com> wrote:
>
> ... What is
> defined in vaiSNava schools of bhakti is probably
> out of line of the
> traditional teachings of AcArya Sankara. 
>

what exactly is your point regarding the vaiShNava
schools' view of bhakti? i don't quite get your
argument here. 

--- Abhishek RK <rkabhi_at_gmail_dot_com> wrote:
>
> ... Also the
> gIta and other texts speak
> of bhakti which is entirely different from that in
> the non-advaiti schools
> which is probably an effect of the foreign religions
>

first of all, it is not correct to say that the bhakti
taught in the gItA goes against that taught in
non-advaitic vaidika darshana-s. secondly, i really
don't see any reason for speculating that the bhakti
taught in other schools is because of some foreign
influence. what is the basis for such an assertion?

vAsudevaH sarvaM,
aparyAptAmR^itaH.


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