[Advaita-l] A POINT

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Sreenivasaji,

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 8:05 AM sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear friends,   Here  is  an  excerpt  which  clearly  reflects  the
> present condition prevailing in the so  called  traditional  teachingof
> Advaita  Vedanta.This is my personal  observation who has  studiedVedanta
> at the  feet  of  my  Revered  Guru  whobased  his  teaching  on  Sri
> Shankara's  commentaries.Quote:
> Systems are definitely not what this is about. Manythink it is. What it is
> about is the direct and non-conceptual comprehension ofyour real nature.
>
>
>
> Intellectuals often try to integrate andsystematize the “teachings” into
> some type of coherent system to satisfy theconceptual mind. Of course, this
> activity is very far from the intention of thepointers. The various systems
> and their interminable conflicts are the resultof this activity. The
> discussion about, and attempted resolution of, theseintellectually created
> conflicts is generally what is termed “philosophy”.Non-dual traditions also
> end up (in some circles) spawning this philosophicalactivity.
>                                    [John Wheeler]
> Unquote.I have posted this posting seeing  the type of subject
> matters  and the  discussions  that  are  going  on at present.
> I  completely agree  with  the  above  statementsof Sri John Wheeler.
>
> I may  please  be  pardoned.


I may also be pardoned for what I am about to say... Respected Sir, isn't
it easy for you to not even name your Revered Guru while quoting his
teaching every time and in the same breath name the entire lineage of Gurus
by calling their teachings as "so-called traditional"?! Should others'
Gurus be any less Revered, at least for their shiShyAs if not you?! Against
them, you think it proper to quote some new-age asampradAyavit assuming him
to be a jnAnI or whatever your respect towards such a person is. How proper
is it? I, for one, am completely in disagreement with these arm-chair
philosophers.

Moreover, those who may have completed their journey, so-to-say, need not
sit in judgement of every mail and article quoted on the list. If you can't
contribute to their jnAna at least let others try to come out of their
ajnAna following the same tradition that hopefully some of the Revered
Gurus of yore followed. Else, they won't be revered at all as
asampradAyavit mUrkhavadupekShaNIyaH said the same bhAShya you so choose to
pick your quotes from.

Thankfully, neither did the compassionate Shruti or the tradition take the
highest stand and parrot from the pAramArthika, but came down to the level
of the seeker, as there is so much variety there, and held their hand to
walk them to the highest. Glorious is the tradition and may it see the
respect it deserves from ajnAnIs and jnAnIs alike!

gurupAdukAbhyAm,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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