[Advaita-l] A profound Vedantic meaning of 'Shiva' and 'vaak'

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  <<Here is the audio, in Tamil.  Just a few seconds....
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> http://www.mediafire.com/file/stu8m1xg89or3w2/Nochur_Shiva_Aham.mpeg/file
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> Shankara has said in the Brahmasutra bhashya: para matam apratishiddham
> anumatam bhavati.  [that which is non-contradictory to Vedanta is
> admissible even though coming from a different doctrine.] >>,
>
> Srikantha Bhashya referred to in the audio does not conform to the
> advaita sidhanta as advanced by Sri Bhagavatpada.  The  " Siva " referred
> to in the audio is different from the Atman/Brahman of the Mandukya
> Upanishad  << shaantam shivam advaitam sa
> aatmaa sa vijneyah.>> as expounded by Sri Bhagavatpada.
>

After showing Brahman as jagatkaaranam (6th mantra of Mandukya), the
seventh says that it is the Atman. Shankara has said there: एकात्मप्रत्ययसारं
......अथवा, एक आत्मप्रत्ययः सारः प्रमाणं यस्य तुरीयस्याधिगमे,
तत्तुरीयमेकात्मप्रत्ययसारम् , ‘आत्मेत्येवोपासीत’ (बृ. उ. १ । ४ । ७)
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Brha?page=1&id=BR_C01_S04_V07&hl=%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4>
इति
श्रुतेः । Thus, inasmuch as the Atman is equated/identified with Brahman,
Turiya, the statement in the audio is correct.

For the Brahmasutras there is the Srīkaṇṭha bhāṣya which is also known as
'śiva-viśiṣṭādvaita'. Sri Appayya Dikṣita has written a commentary on this
bhāṣya called 'śivārkamaṇidīpikā'. Appayya Dikshitar considered this to be
the closest to Advaita darshana of Shankara. It is only after this is
Ramanuja darshana and later the Madhva system, in the assessment of
Dikshitar. There is a famous verse too of his:

आनन्दतीर्थमुनि*लक्षणदेशिकेन्द्रश्रीकण्ठयोगिपदवीरदवीयसीर्नः ।
आचार्यपादसरणिञ्च विविच्य बोद्धुं संगृह्यते मतचतुष्टयसारलेशम् ॥

He has shown in this work how all the other schools - Dvaita,
vishishtadvaita and the SrikanTha school are steps to attain Advaita.



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