[Advaita-l] A few moments with Paramacharya by Dr Raja Ramanna

[Dr D Bharadwaj]

Sri Mallampalli,

If concepts of vedanta do match the depth of modern

sciences, mathematics, genetics, computer sciences

and management we should by all means pursue the

leads, though our main aim would be advaita.

Very true.

I have seen even the accounts of Paramacharya making crucial
personal contributions to people of diverse needs.

In the initial days of my introduction to Advaita, all the authentic
versions of the live 'interface' between the high vedanta and the day to day
life, with a *seeming* opposition between them, were  important to me. It
might seem silly now.

I drew a lot of strength, support and guidance from the great masters Sri
Aurobindo, Sri Ramana and the Mahaswami in decades of intellectual and
spiritual proximity with them, taking in matchless inputs. Thanks to them, I
could harmonize myself rather effortlessly.  Personally, I see no
contradiction among three masters, though it is not impossible to choose
to find succulent points to wax eloquently on the differences, if one has
the time, the inclination or, perhaps, some utility in doing so.

Eventually, I found myself powerfully gravitated to Bhagavan Sri Ramana for
continuation. But I have no doubt about the great contribution of all the
three giants to us. The inimitable masters were with us, among us, that too
in modern times, as vibrant, living, talking, walking, working and
interacting examples of Advaita vEdAnta. May the same can be said also of a
few other masters of our times.


Regards,



sarvE bhavanthu sukhinah
sarvE santhu niraamayaah
sarve bhadrANi pasyanthu
maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.



Dr. D. Bharadwaj
drdbharadwaj at gmail.com


On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Bhadraiah Mallampalli <vaidix at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Dr. D Bharadwaj,
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> Thanks for posting this inspiring article which shows
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> Paramacharya's keen interest in matters scientific.
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> Once I posted this:
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> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2002-March/002685.html
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> If concepts of vedanta do match the depth of modern
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> sciences, mathematics, genetics, computer sciences
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> and management we should by all means pursue the
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> leads, though our main aim would be advaita.
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> But a clear distinction must be made between modern
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> sciences and the unscientific unsystematic humanities
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> subjects masquerading as "knowledge". E.g.,
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> European/IE linguistic grammar as we know today. I
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> stopped using the word consonant after I found the
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> term "sonant consonant". My first question on hearing
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> this term was: Are there any non-sonant consonants?
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> If there are, they can not be logically called
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> "con"sonants any more because they are not sonant.
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> Agreeably in some cases scientific concepts can not be
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> mapped one-to-one with Hindu shastras
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> (e.g., logarithmic scales vs Carnatic scales). In these
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> cases Hindu shastras follow their own mathematics the
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> nature of which is still unknown.
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> Regards
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> Bhadraiah
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