[Advaita-l] Advaita Siddhi series - an Introduction

[H S Chandramouli]

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On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:37 AM, Durga Prasad Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari Om,
> Namaste.
>
> May Iswara and Gurus shower their grace on you.
>
> Looking forward to your emails on the subject.
>
> thanks and regards
> -- durga prasad
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 4:20 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > चिद्घनगणेशाय नम: |
> >
> > श्री गुरुभ्यो नम: |
> > सदाशिव समारम्भाम् शङ्कराचार्य मध्यमाम् |
> > अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्ताम् वन्दे गुरु परम्पराम् ||
> >
> > On this auspicious gaNesh chaturthi day, with the encouragement of list
> > seniors like Sri Subrahmanian ji, I am attempting a series that
> > sequentially presents the content of the Advaita Siddhi in English.  As
> you
> > know, Advaita Siddhi is a text by *SrI madhusUdana sarasvati* svAminah,
> one
> > of the greatest AchAryas within the advaita tradition. The text was
> written
> > in response to a brilliant work titled nyAyAmrita, by *SrI vyAsa tIrtha*,
> > an equally renowned and influential AchArya within the dvaita tradition.
> >
> > At the outset, I would like to state for the record that I do not feel
> > particularly qualified to write about a text like the advaita siddhi.
> That
> > I have even attempted such a foolhardy exercise as trying to present this
> > complex text in English, is motivated by two reasons. As far as I am
> aware,
> > there is no complete English translation of the text available today.
> > Secondly, this is a text which demands deep engagement from the student.
> > This becomes especially difficult for students of advaita (and indeed
> other
> > philosophies within the sanAtana dharma umbrella) not particularly
> > comfortable in sanskrit. Therefore, this series has been created with the
> > aim of making the text more accessible.
> >
> > Philosophy in general, and moksha siddhAnta in particular, ought to live
> > not in unopened books in libraries, but in the hearts and minds of its
> > adherents. I hope this series will help bridge this gap.
> >
> > I will try to translate most of the sanskrit words of the text, but in
> some
> > places where the meaning is more comprehensible in sanskrit, I may decide
> > to use the original sanksrit terms - I have often found the fully
> > translated versions of texts more inscrutable than the sanskrit ones.
> >
> > The posts in this series are based on lectures in Tamil conducted on the
> > advaita siddhi in Chennai by Sri R Krishnamurthy Sastrigal, Sri Mani
> Dravid
> > Sastrigal and Sri Goda Venkateshwara Sastrigal. Clearly, any errors in
> > presentation or understanding are my own and should not be attributed to
> > the three stalwarts.
> >
> > For people interested in such matters, the Sanskrit text follows the 2nd
> > edition of the Advaita Siddhi as edited by mahAmahopAdhyAya
> vedAntaviSArada
> > Anantakrishna sAstrigal, published by Pandurang Jawaji of the Nirnaya
> Sagar
> > Press, Bombay (1937).
> >
> > My deep-felt thanks to my gurus and many others who have helped in this
> > regard.
> >
> > The posts in this series will also be made available at
> > www.advaitasiddhi.com, so that people not on this list can access them.
> I
> > will try to make one post a week, but in case that does not happen, I
> seek
> > your forgiveness in advance. The first chapter, the mangaLAcharaNam, will
> > be posted shortly. If the list moderators would prefer that I send a link
> > instead (to save storage space on the server), I would be happy to do so.
> >
> > If you have any comments/corrections/suggestions, please email me off
> the
> > list and I would be happy to discuss.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Venkatraghavan
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