[Advaita-l] Dayanand Saraswathi interview - Very interesting stand taken by Swami

[V Subrahmanian]

Shankar's is not talking if samadhi. Study the prasthanatraya bhashyas
under a qualified Acharya and try to understand the meaning correctly.

vs
On Jan 28, 2017 12:00 AM, "Kripa Shankar" <kripa.shankar.0294 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is why it's impossible to debate on philosophical grounds. Because
> people try to reconcile with their own understanding. Anyasya abhavam
> happens only during samadhi. If I knock on someone's door and get the reply
> - who's there? , what should I answer? Or should I ask the question back -
> who is that who is asking me who's there?
>
> Para vidya stands on apara vidya. Apara vidya is not a joke, it's not vain
> exercise. It's not an illusion. Without aparA vidya, if the shastras only
> taught para vidya, then the Brahma Sutras would have been a blank page. A
> teacher would be equal to a stone. Upanishads would consist of nothing. ‎
>
> Please forgive me if I say anything wrong but Mixing up para and apara in
> cheesy one liners is not Vedanta. It's not the pinnacle of shankara
> siddhanta. It is in a way, mocking the philosophy. Something like a parody.
>
> Again, if you are willing to analyse it critically, then you have to
> consider that there is no tvam pada in this self-inquiry method.
>
> Regards
> Kripa ‎
>
> yo vedAdau svaraH prokto vedAnte cha pratiShThitaH |
> tasya prakRRiti-lInasya yaH parassa maheshvaraH ||
>   Original Message
> From: V Subrahmanian
> Sent: Friday 27 January 2017 11:01 PM
> To: Kripa Shankar; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Dayanand Saraswathi interview - Very interesting
> stand taken by Swami
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Kripa Shankar via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> Namaste Praveen,
>
> Even self inquiry cannot be the cause of jnana. As Sadananda has already
> stated, there is no tvam padaartha which differentiates the Vedantic
> method. Go on, come up with a justification for that :D
>
> I am just saying he is not a Vedantin and his teachings are not Vedanta.
>
> https://newearthpulse.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/there-are-no-others/
>
> Questioner: "How are we to treat others?"
> Ramana Maharshi: "There are no others."
> The pinnacle of Vedāntic realization has been taught by Shankara thus:
>
> परमात्मव्यतिरेकेण अन्यस्याभावं विस्तरेण अवादिष्म । [Bṛ.up.bh
> <http://xn--nig.up.bh>āṣyam 4.4.6]
>
> [We have elaborately stated already the non-existence (absence) of any
> other than the Supreme Self.]
>
> The above realization is based on the following:
>
> Bṛ.Up.Bh <http://xn--nig.up.bh>āṣyam: 3.5.1 concluding paragraph:
>
> ब्रह्मैव सर्वमिति प्रत्यय उपजायते । स ब्राह्मणः कृतकृत्यः, अतो ब्राह्मणः ;
> निरुपचरितं हि तदा तस्य ब्राह्मण्यं प्राप्तम् ; अत आह — स ब्राह्मणः केन
> स्यात् केन चरणेन भवेत् ? येन स्यात् — येन चरणेन भवेत्, तेन ईदृश एवायम् —
> येन केनचित् चरणेन स्यात्, तेन ईदृश एव उक्तलक्षण एव ब्राह्मणो भवति ; येन
> केनचिच्चरणेनेति स्तुत्यर्थम् — येयं ब्राह्मण्यावस्था सेयं स्तूयते, न तु
> चरणेऽनादरः ।
>
> Translation by Swami Mādhavānanda:
>
> ....and becomes a knower of Brahman, or accomplishes his task: he attains
> the conviction that
> all is Brahman. Because he has reached the goal, therefore he is a
> Brahm~a. a knower of Brahman ; for then his status as a knower of Brahman
> is literally true.
>
> Therefore the text says: How does that knower of Brahman behave? Howsoever
> he may behave. he is just such - a knower of Brahman as described above.
>
> The expression, 'Howsoever he may behave,' is intended for a tribute to
> this state of a knower of
> Brahman, and does not mean reckless behaviour.
>
>
> If the above is not Vedanta, nothing else is.
>
> vs
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>
> If you agree with this, then there is no debate. It then proves that he
> cannot be considered as jnAni. You can call it whatever you want -
> Neovedanta or mysticism or a cult. But you have been arguing that he is a
> jnAni and his teachings are Vedanta. ‎
> ‎
> ‎Regards
> Kripa ‎
>
> yo vedAdau svaraH prokto vedAnte cha pratiShThitaH |
> tasya prakRRiti-lInasya yaH parassa maheshvaraH ||
>   Original Message
> From: Praveen R. Bhat
> Sent: Friday 27 January 2017 5:46 PM
> To: Kripa Shankar; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> Cc: Bhaskar YR
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Dayanand Saraswathi interview - Very interesting
> stand taken by Swami
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