[Advaita-l] BhAmAti vs VivAraNa

[Dev Babu]

Namaste Praveen Ji
You have so beautifully elucidated both schools in their right perspective.
Fantastic !  It has now brought lot of clarity to me.
What is EJV?
DhanyOsmi !
Sri Gurubyo Namaha !
Babu


On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:32 PM Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Dev Babuji,
>
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 9:57 PM Dev Babu via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > My doubt:  which one of this school is more popular?
> >
> Both are popular, since both works are studied by traditional followers for
> mokSha,
> as the differences are only academic details that do not go against the
> basic tenets of
> Advaita Vedanta.
>
> In MAdhaviya Sankara Vijayam 13th Sarga: - Shloka 53, Sankara gave ShApam
> > that "Any Varttikam that has been initiated against the Guru;s Wishes
> will
> > not gain prominence - hence, PadmapAdachArya's  Varttikam got burnt and
> > only Panca Padiks remains.
> >
> ​Please revisit the shlokas again; it is not Bhagavatpadacharya who gave a
> curse,
> there was no reason for it! It was Sureshvaracharya who cursed those works
> which had
> not begun with blessings from the Guru, since his work called
> Naishkarmyasiddhi (NS)
> was indeed blessed by the Guru.
>
>
> > Also, Sankara Blesses Suresvaracharya in Shloka 73, that " Thou shall be
> > born again as VAchaspati and you will carry out a Vishesha commentary to
> my
> > BhAshya - which is BhAmati, and that will shine forth until Pralayam.
> >
> ​Bhagavatpadacharya says prArabdhakarmaparipAkavashAt​. This has to be seen
> in the
> light of the fact that jnAni's prArabdha may continue across janmas.
>
>
> > So, By taking above as PramAnam, is not BhAmati more popular?
> >
> ​No. Just because Bhamati will be the guide doesn't mean that Bhamati alone
> will be the guide.
> ​
>
>
> > Which one of the above is held as Authoritative by Our Revered Sringeri
> > Acharyals?
> >
> ​Both, which is why even Bhamati is taught after Vivarana in Sringeri.​ The
> differences,
> as mentioned earlier, do not take away the result of advaita mokSha from
> either.
>
> A
> ​nybody who has studied NS would tell you that it is based on Vivarana.
> Now, the tradition
> says that the same author wrote Bhamati too in another janma, driven by
> prArabdha. How
> can one be wrong! Both differ only in prakriyA, leading to the same goal.
> If you study
> Vidyaranyacharya's Panchadashi, you see both prakriyAs across various
> chapters.
>
> Moreover, pure vivaraNa is EJV that caters to uttamAdhikAris. This could
> also be the reason
> as to why
> Bhamati
> ​ that rejects EJV​
> ​would remain to be popular since it would be a guide
> for all
> adhikAris.
> ​
> ​
> gurupAdukAbhyAm,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
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