[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Pāśupata, Pāncharātra, etc. composed by Śiva and Viṣṇu as mohaka śāstra

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I don't understand why shANDilya is assumed prefect just because he wrote
some aphorisms on bhakti at one point of his life?
Do you have some other information to prove that he was never vedatyAgI?
Only then we'll entertain your idea that vyAsa had some 'motive'?

On Sat 18 Feb, 2017, 05:03 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Sandilya is the author of Bhakti Sutras with an advaitic bias.
> Does somebody see a motive in depicting him as a non-vaidic tantric.
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:49 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > These verses are also stated in the Rudrabhashyam (that has been cited)
> > discussing the composing of the doctrines:
> >
> > मत्तन्त्राश्रयणेनैव मत्पूजा च कृता त्वया । तपसा प्रीतवानस्मि तव शाण्डिल्य
> > मे प्रिय ।।
> >
> > [Lord Viṣṇu addresses Śāṇḍilya: Only by adhering to My doctrine
> > (Pāncharātra), you have performed My worship. My dear  Śāṇḍilya, I am
> > pleased by your austerities.]
> >
> > कुमार्गेणापि शाण्डिल्य मम पूजा त्वया कृता । अतः कालेन महता वेदमार्गं
> > गमिष्यसि ॥
> >
> > [Even by adhering to *this inferior path* (Pāncharātra), O Śāṇḍilya, you
> > have performed My worship. As a result of this, over time, you will come
> to
> > be included in the vedic fold.]
> >
> > The above make it clear that the practice of puja, tapas alone was
> > performed and the resultant coming to the vedic fold is also specified.
> > That shows that the puja, etc is not sufficient to gain mokṣa.
> >
> > Moreover, the smrtis are grouped and put in one place by Veda Vyasa in
> the
> > Brahmasutras. That is to show that there is no contradiction, avirodha,
> to
> > the Vedanta from the smrtis that are non-Veda. The pāncharātra is in this
> > group of smrtis. Hence alone while refuting it, along with other schools
> > mentioned in that group, whatever does not conflict with the Vedanta is
> > admitted: paramatam apratiṣiddham anumatam.  From the above verses it is
> > also clear that those practices are not contradictory to the Vedanta and
> > hence admitted. This can be clearly witnessed in the
> pancharatradhikaranam
> > where Shankara accepts explicitly the practices of worship, contemplating
> > the Lord, etc. (At one place even the Bauddha is admitted for the fact
> that
> > he too admits  the ephemerality of sense objects.) Only doctrinal
> > differences are pointed out and refuted. It can also be seen from the
> > bhashyas that all these schools that are refuted are non-advaitic, that
> is,
> > un-vedāntic. We can see this also implicitly in the above verses where
> the
> > puja, etc. is not endorsed as sufficient for moksa and a further stint in
> > the vedic path is shown as wanting.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > subbu
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