[Advaita-l] Agamas and Advaita

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
Anyone can twist any text to fit into any philosophy if they are not
following Meemaamsa rules. Advaitic texts can be twisted to fit Dvaita say
Aham Brahmasmi to I am like Brahman and so on. The ISKCON people have no
respect for Meemaamsa and condemn Vaidikas saying they are interested only
in rituals.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 11:57 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:57 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste Subbu ji
> > Is the brahmasamhitA referenced by Ved. Br. Sri D.Subbaramayya in the
> image
> > pages, from the eponymous text which is *the* canonical text for the Hare
> > Krishna-s (gauDIya vaiShNava)? It is said that Sri Chaitanya went
> virtually
> > incognito on a three year tour of Southern India during which he came
> > across the Brahma samhitA (possibly at some city on the banks of the
> > Godavari in Andhra desha.) He found his preferred doctrine of
> > acintya-bhedAbheda laid out in that text and adopted it's tenets.
> >
> > If it is indeed the same brahmasamhitA, it's incredible that such starkly
> > advaitic verses are indeed there in that text which is dear to ISKCONites
> > and others..
> >
>
> Dear Raghav ji,
>
> I am not aware of the Gaudiya-Brahmasamhita connecton, bond.  Yet, despite
> such statements, the Gaudapada Karika 'advaitam paramartho hi dvaitam tad
> bheda uchyate'  'maayaamaatram idam dvaitam...' kind of verses can be
> interpreted as 'dvaita is uncertain knowledge and advaita is certain
> knowledge'.   'Aham Brahma..' can become 'aheyam....'   Not sure if
> Gaudiyas too resort to such bizarre interpretations :-)
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> >
> >
> >
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Regards

-Venkatesh