[Advaita-l] Fw: Fw: Did Madhusudana Saraswati Reconcile Bhakti and Advaita?

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

In Sat-Chit-Ananda there is no Bhakti. Madhusudana Saraswati (MS) is to be properly understood, which those in the non-advaitic schools cannot. MS realized tha Gita starts with karma, has a bridge of Bhakti and ends in Jnana.

Regards,

Sunil KB



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 From: D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
To: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> 
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Fw: Fw: Did Madhusudana Saraswati Reconcile Bhakti and Advaita?
 

Here is what Madhusudana Saraswati says in Bhaktirasayana and auto commentary.

भगवान् परमानंदस्वरूपः स्वयमेव हि ।
मनोगतस्तदाकारो रसतामेति पुष्कलम् ।।

स्थायीभावस्य रसत्वोपपत्तये परमानंदरूपतां उपपादयति - भगवानिति।
बिंबं एव उपाधिनिष्ठत्वेन प्रतीयमानं प्रतिबिंबं इत्युच्यते। परमानंदश्च
भगवान् मनसि प्रतिबिंब-स्थायीभावतां आसाद्य रसतां आसादयतीति
भक्तिरसस्य परमानंदरूपत्वं निर्विवादम्। नाप्यालंबनविभावसिथायीभावयोर्
ऐक्यम्, बिंबप्रतिबिंबभावेन भेदस्य व्यवहारसिद्धत्वाद् ईशजीवयोरिव। 

regards,
Sarma.