[Advaita-l] Rainbow Body

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Sri Ram ji
You are quite correct that paperback vedanta can lead a student to wrong
understanding.

Even if someone studies the Upadesha saaram, Sat darshanam etc., from a
shrotriya like say Swami Paramarthanandaji , there won't be any problems .
A skilled sAmpradAyavit acharya can properly expound a text such as
Upadesha sAram which has all the ideas of karma yoga, japadhyAnam and
nidhidhyAsanam  etc. The problem is more likely to do with self study of
vedanta from paper backs instead of doing it the way it should be done
viz., by shravaNam (study) from a sAmpradAyavit (knower of the advaita
teaching tradition).

The problems of paperback vedantic students are unlikely to be addressed by
changing the text alone. We have the examples of Ramanuja and Madhva  etc.,
who took even the vedic texts and have deviated from the original nondual
vedic tradition by not learning from a proper  Guru and instead ended up
creating improvised fanatical and theological interpretations of the Vedas
rather than the non-sectarian advaita of Sri Shankara.

Just my 2c
Om
Raghav

On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 1:23 PM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> For me, Bhagavan Ramana is saakshaat dakshinaamurti.  If one studies
> Dakshinamurti Stotra, Vivekachudamani, Atma Bodha, Drik-Drushya Viveka,
> then one can grasp the meanings of Bhagavan's teachings.
>
> The teachings of Bhagavan should be practised with proper vedaanta
> chintana.  It is not like you straight away pickup Upadesha Saaram, Ramana
> Gita, Sat Darshanam etc. and start practising !  This leads to confusion as
> many are into....by teaching 'Close your eyes..Do Nothing'.
>
> rgs,
> sriram
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 7/8/18, Murali k <methusala8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Rainbow Body
>  To: "Venkata sriram P" <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>, "A discussion group
> for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>  Date: Tuesday, 7 August, 2018, 6:54 AM
>
>  Hi
>  Sriram/All,
>  I follow the
>  teachings of Sri Ramana and am curious to know if there are
>  any accurate translations of this works in English. I do not
>  know Tamil and hence have to resort to
>  translations.
>  If you
>  are familiar with any accurate translations, Please do let
>  me know.
>  Thanks,Murali
>  2018-08-07 12:11 GMT+05:30
>  Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
>  Good advice Jaldhar-ji....
>
>
>
>  People are getting misled with pop books and the so-called
>  english translations of half-baked scholars.  I met a
>  follower of Ramana Maharishi
>
>  who keeps on saying "Sit quietly...silently and do
>  nothing".  The horrible and devastating translations
>  for the word 'मौनं' and
>  'मौनव्याख्या'.
>
>
>
>  स्वयंप्रकाश यती writes as:
>
>
>
>  मौनमेव
>  वेदादिसकलशास्त्राणां
>  व्याख्या, विशेषेण
>  वस्तुयथात्मज्ञानं
>  यया भवति तथा आख्यानं
>  कथनं, प्रकाशनं
>  व्याख्यानं शब्दार्थः
>  ।
>
>  सा व्याख्या मौनमेव ;
>  मौनं नाम न तु
>  पाषाणकाष्ठवदवस्यानं,
>  अव्युत्पन्नसमधिगतं;
>  किन्तु मुनेर्भावः ;
>  मुनिः न अरण्यवासी,
>  किन्तु मननशीलः ;
>
>  मननं ; युक्तिभिः
>  अनुचिन्तनं ।
>  युक्तयस्तु - "श्रुतिः
>  प्रत्यक्षमैतिह्यं;
>  अनुमानश्चतुष्टयं ;
>  एतैरादित्यमण्डलं"
>  इति हि श्रुतिः ।
>
>  एतद्रूपाः
>  आदित्यमण्डलं
>  प्रत्यगात्मस्यरूपं,
>  आभिः श्रुतिः
>  प्रत्यक्षादिरूपाभिः
>  युक्तिभिः, अन्वनु
>  प्रतिक्षं
>  असंभावनादिराहित्यै
>
>  क्रियमाणं परिशीलनं
>  मननं - तदेव
>  सकलशास्त्रव्याख्यानं
>  भवति ॥
>
>
>
>  Silence is not sitting quietly and staring at other's
>  faces ! Occasionally these meditations have induced sleep
>  and snoring among them who are
>
>  meditating !
>
>
>
>  rgs,
>
>  sriram
>
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