[Advaita-l] Poor Parabrahman!

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

I dont know if Sankara said "bhakyaartha kalpitam dvaitam ..." though it is
generally attributed to Madhusudana but not traceable in his works either.
In BG, Sankara says that one who does teach the direct purport of
maha-valkyas such as tat tvam asi and seek to make scritptures meaningful by
instructing that bondage and liberation are real are meanest among the
scholars though they be learned in sastras. He spends more effort attacking
dualist schools of vedanta than the nihilist. We should be respectful to all
and recognize everyone'sgood points but we should not hesitate to be
truthful.

Personally I am indebted to the Madhwas because in their work "Mani Manjari"
they go to lowest depths of decency in attacking the virtues of Adi Sankara.
Even anti-hindu Tamil tabloids dare not do that. Born in smartha brahmana
family, I am naturally reverential to Sankara and this prompted me
re-evaluate non-non-dualist conclusions! Of course, I overcame anger by
seeing it as nindhanopasana of Sankara by Madhwas like Sisupala did to
Krishna.
 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Adi Sankarqacharya  must be very unhappy at seeing the turn of arguments.
> The Dvaitins might  hate the Advaitins as they could not understand Advaita
> but  the greatest Advaitin in Adi Sankara did not. He knew the level at
> which the Dvaita is to be appreciated. Did he not say "Bhakyartha kalpitam
> Dvaita Advaitadapi Sundaram"? Let the Dvaitins enjoy the Bhalkti rasa and
> eventually the highest knowledge will dawn on them through the grace of the
> Lord and they will finally end up as Advaitins in their future births.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sunil KB
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Srikanta Narayanaswami <srikanta.narayanaswami at yahoo.com>
> To: "advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org" <
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> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 7:41 AM
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Poor Parabrahman!
>
> The above remarks of the pontiff of Palimaru Mutt Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha
> are
> founded on his ignorance of the shruti and smriti passages that form an
> authority on the nature of Brahman:
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________________
> The Madhvas quoted above,cannot digest their food without passing such
> comments on the Adwaita.They cannot establish either their
> "DwaitaSiddhanta"which:has another name"Charvaka Siddhanta"T.P Kailasam used
> to remark that their mutt is "Uta-ready mut".As Swami Chainmayanandaji
> remarked one needs more "Brain"than "Bran"to understand Adwaita.
> N.Srikanta.
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