[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Taller than Statue of Liberty and Buddha Statue in Hyderabad

[Harsha Bhat]

Sir,
                                 I think ,When I went to sringeri last
year...There I saw that ,they have a plan to construct a tall
shankaracharya statue worth rupees 500 crores in a hill near sringeri.

regards,
Harsha Bhat

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:51 PM, murali hr via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Similarly Ramanuja has rejected the Bauddhas 2nd Adhyaya and 2nd Pada
> and written conclusion in 2-2-31 like this -  'निरस्ताः सौगताः' the
> Bauddhas are rejected. How can he give respect to Buddha? Not
> possible. The Vaishnavas belief is Buddha Avatara was to mislead
> Daityas and bad people. His teachings must not be followed by good
> people. Show me one Vaishnava doing Pooja to Buddha.
>
> - True - SOme of the vaishnava scholars I interact really dislike Buddha.
>
> However I see that Buddha was interpreted wrongly.
>
> Buddha brought in the culture of Meditation and through meditation being
> free of all vasanas.
> Shankar brought in the spirit of enquiry and questioning to be free of all
> vasanas.
>
> I feel both are complementary.
>
> *On a second note - why Buddhism will not have a appeal with the masses ?*
>
> - Very intellectual - will make the culture dry and meaningless.
> - Sometimes tends to increase the ego.
> - Too much of analysis.
> - No music and dance to reach the supreme .
>
> I have couple of friends whose faith is close to Buddhism.  I feel that
> they have NO RASA or KAVYA in them.
>
> I think it is here Shankara with his focus on Soundarya and Satyam - with
> music pulls us away from the samsara in a joyous manner.
>
> On this guru poornima day - I bow to him for guiding us to the eternal and
> the timeless.
>
> Regards
> Murali
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
> > <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Namaste,
> > >
> > > Shri Ramanujacharya would have been horrified at the statement that he
> > was
> > > better than the 9th avatara of his ishta devata, Lord Vishnu.
> > The three Acharyas Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva have rejected
> > Bauddhas. Kindly see the Sutra Bhashya for 2-2-32. Adi Sankara has
> > said
> >
> > किं बहुना ? सर्वप्रकारेण — यथा यथायं वैनाशिकसमय उपपत्तिमत्त्वाय
> > परीक्ष्यते तथा तथा — सिकताकूपवद्विदीर्यत एव ; न काञ्चिदप्यत्रोपपत्तिं
> > पश्यामः ; अतश्चानुपपन्नो वैनाशिकतन्त्रव्यवहारः । अपि च
> > बाह्यार्थविज्ञानशून्यवादत्रयमितरेतरविरुद्धमुपदिशता सुगतेन
> > स्पष्टीकृतमात्मनोऽसम्बद्धप्रलापित्वम्, प्रद्वेषो वा प्रजासु —
> > विरुद्धार्थप्रतिपत्त्या विमुह्येयुरिमाः प्रजा इति ।
> > सर्वथाप्यनादरणीयोऽयं सुगतसमयः श्रेयस्कामैरित्यभिप्रायः ॥ ३२ ॥
> > Gambhirananda Translation -
> > Moreover Buddha exposed his own incoherence in talk when he instructed
> > the three mutually contradictory theories of the existence of external
> > objects, existence of consciousness and absolute nihilism or he showed
> > his malevolence towards all creatures, acting under the delusion that
> > these creatures would get confused by imbibing contradictory views.
> > The idea is that the Buddhist view should be abjured in every way by
> > all who desire the highest good.
> >
> > Similarly Ramanuja has rejected the Bauddhas 2nd Adhyaya and 2nd Pada
> > and written conclusion in 2-2-31 like this -  'निरस्ताः सौगताः' the
> > Bauddhas are rejected. How can he give respect to Buddha? Not
> > possible. The Vaishnavas belief is Buddha Avatara was to mislead
> > Daityas and bad people. His teachings must not be followed by good
> > people. Show me one Vaishnava doing Pooja to Buddha.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sunil KB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, July 30, 2015 6:50 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
> > > <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Namaste
> > >
> > > Tallest Sitting Statue in the World is Coming up. Cost - Rs 1000 Crore
> > >
> > > Better to have Ramanuja Statue than Buddha Statue
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/towering-over-the-statue-of-liberty-115072401334_1.html
> > >
> > > Someone should build Adi Sankara statue and temple in Kashmir.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > -Venkatesh
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