[Advaita-l] REFERENCES FROM VARIOUS PURANAS, UPANISHADS, SASTRAS WHERE VISHNU, RAMA, KRISHNA DON BHASMA TRIPUNDRA AND VISHNU IS A PARAMA SHIVA BHAKTA

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 7:15 AM Srinath Vedagarbha <svedagarbha at gmail.com>
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> On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 9:38 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
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>> IshvarAnugrahAdeva pumsAm advaitavAsanA...
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> Who exactly you mean by 'Ishvara' here?
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> Do you mean Isharava as saguNa brahman? or do you mean Ishvara as a
> kshatriya king (following Shankara's reading of gIta verse 'IshvarOaham...'
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> If it is former, do not forget Shankara said Ishvara is only for
> upAsanartham and not real. Such illusory Ishrvara cannot bestow anything to
> anybody, let alone advaita vaasana. On the contrary if you disagree that
> Ishvara is illusory, then there is no question of advaita anymore let alone
> its vaasana to be bestowed on anybody.
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Shankara has said: स्यात्परमेश्वरस्यापि इच्छावशात् मायामयं रूपं
साधकानुग्रहार्थम् । (1.1.vii.20) (Ishwara, out of compassion, takes on, *by
His Maya*, a form to grace the spiritual aspirant.)

[The context in the BSB is that Brahman is devoid of any form but takes up
forms to help the aspirant.  In the Kenopanishad bhashya too Shankara lists
several deities Vishnu, Ishvara, Indra, Prana, etc. as upasya as Brahman]

Thus, upasana, anugraha, etc. in the realm of vyvaharika is quite valid.

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