[Advaita-l] My article for Shankara Jayanthi

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste Sri Sreenivasa Murthy Mahodaya
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:01 AM sreenivasa murthy <narayana145 at yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

> Dear Sri Venkatesha Murthy,
>
>    It is of no use in knowing about my Revered Guru.
>   What is important is whether my  understanding
>  which  I  am  sharing  is  correct  or  wrong.
>  That  is  enough.
> With  respectful  namaskars,
> Sreenivasa  Murthy
>

The Upanishad is saying Achaaryvaan Purusho Veda. You must learn Advaita
from Guru only. This Guru must be a Brahma Nishtha. If you don't tell your
Guru's name and background how can we say you have learnt from a proper
Guru? How do you know your Guru was correct in his teachings? Any body can
learn Upanishad Vakyas by heart and remember them. How is he a Brahma
Nishtha simply because he is speaking Upanishad Vakyas? Kindly answer all
these questions coming because we don't know your Guru.

>
> On Friday, 10 May, 2019, 7:51:13 am IST, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
> Namaste Sri Sreenivasa Murthy Mahodaya
>
> You have kept on saying your Revered Guru taught you. Kindly tell us who is
> your Guru? What is his name? Where did he live and what is his life
> history?
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 1:01 AM sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> >  Dear Sri Nitin Sridhar,
> > The  vyavahara  perspective  itself  is  avidya  perspective.To  talk
> > about  Moksha  from  the  vyavahara  perspectiveitself  is  not  correct.
> > Because  vyavahara  perspective reinforces  the  wrong  notion  that  one
> > is  an  entity.Have  you examined  the  notion  "we are in the world"is
> > correct  or  wrong?
> > Are  YOU  in  the  world  or  the  world  is  within  YOU?
> > It  is  my  understanding  that  metaphysical  truth  has  to
> > be  taught  from  the  standpoint  of  the
> > Absolute. The sages have taught the paramArtha from the
> > paramArtha  stand-point.
> > To  know  paramArtha  is  to  be  paramArthaand  that  is  MOKSHA.Thus
> > taught  my  Revered  Guru.With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy.
> > With respectful namaskars,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    On Thursday, 9 May, 2019, 7:11:21 pm IST, Nithin Sridhar <
> > sridhar.nithin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Dear sir,
> > You are correct that Moksha is not a state or a realm to be attained.
> But,
> > it appears to be so so from a Vyavahara perspective. As long as we are in
> > the world and are bound by ignorance, the state of Moksha appears like a
> > goal (hence, considered Purushartha as well). I only mean in that sense.
> > Regards,Nithin
> > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 6:54 PM sreenivasa murthy <
> narayana145 at yahoo.co.in>
> > wrote:
> >
> >  Dear Sri Nitin Sridhar,
> > You  write : " It  is  the  attainment  of  such  rare  and
> >  most  precious  Moksha,  which  the  Acharya  puts
> >  forth  as  the  phalashruti  of  this  text."Is  the word "attainment"
> > correct?  Where  can  one
> > attain  such  rare and  most  precious Moksha?Has  Moksha  to  be
> > attained?
> > Is  this  what  Sri  Shankara  means  or  it it  what  you  mean?What  is
> > Moksha  in  Sri Shankara's  own  words?He  says : nityatvAt  mOkShasya
> > sAdhakasvarUpAvyatirekAcca ||Kindly note the word
> > "sAdhakasvarUpAvyatirekAcca".What  does  it  mean?Does  it  mean  it  has
> > to  be  attained  newly?I  fear  your  statement  goes  against  the
> > above  teaching
> > of  Sri  Shankara  very  much  and  is  misleading  the  readers.
> > Moksha  is  prAptasya prAptiH.
> > With  respectful namaskars,
> > Sreenivasa Murthy
> >
> >
> >
> >    On Thursday, 9 May, 2019, 5:32:25 pm IST, Nithin Sridhar via Advaita-l
> > <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Dear all,
> >
> > Here is my article for Shankara Jayanthi-
> >
> >
> http://www.indictoday.com/thoughts/the-garland-of-knowledge-a-glimpse-into-brahmajnanavalimala-of-adi-shankaracharya/
> >
> > It is a short English commentary on the opening verse of the wonderful
> text
> > of Brahmajnanavalimala of Adi Shankaracharya.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nithin S
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> -Venkatesh
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-Venkatesh