[Advaita-l] Deprecating foreign scholars is not Hindu tradition

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

On Saturday 30 July 2016, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Since Hindu Astronomy at that time was not upto the mark our astronomers
> borrowed from Yavanas. Nothing becomes automatically right just because it
> is
> propounded by a Hindu.
>
> Usually a latter commentator contradicts a former commentator's point of
> view.
> It is unreasonable to say that the latter commentator has no right to
> contradict the former.
>
>
But you are missing the point. A Mleccha will not have any Samskara like
Upanayana. He will not learn Sastra traditionally from Guru but may be from
University Professor wearing pants and shoes. How can such a pant shirt
shoe wearing Guru without Samskaras give proper instruction? He will give
bookish knowledge only.

A man  wanted to learn making Masala Dosa from a book. In the book it was
written 'heat the Dosa pan and apply ghee on the hot pan'. He applied ghee
with hands on the hot pan and got burnt badly. This will happen if you
are learning from books.

>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
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> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> On Saturday 30 July 2016, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
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>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hindu tradition is to give due respect to deserving people irrespective
>> of
>> > their religion or nationality.
>> > This attested and made evident by by Varahamihira in Brihat Samhita
>> 2-14.
>> >
>> > म्लेच्छाहि यवनास्तेषु सम्यक् शास्त्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
>> > ऋषिवत्तेऽपि पूज्यन्ते किं पुनर्दैवविद्विजः।।
>> >
>> > Because of their entrenchment in the Khagola Sastra Yavanas though
>> Mlecchas
>> > are adored as Rishis. What to say if one is a brahmin
>> > astronomer/astrologer.
>>
>>
>> Yes they can be respected but this Sloka is not about situation when the
>> Mlecchas are writing Sastras contradicting Brahmin Sastras. If a Mleccha
>> is
>> contradicting Adi Sankara and making wrong comments on Acharyas of
>> Parampara in any Sastra he will be not respected by us.
>>
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > Sarma.
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