[Advaita-l] My article for Shankara Jayanthi
Venkatesh Murthy
vmurthy36 at gmail.com
Fri May 10 01:57:01 EDT 2019
Namaste
Sorry to say this. From your email you are not a Sampradayavit. There is
nothing more to discuss with you. Sri Sreenivasa Murthy also is not a
Sampradayavit if he is not telling who his Guru is. I don't take both of
your writings seriously. It can only be entertainment.
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:20 AM KAMESWARARAO MULA <kamesh_ccmb at yahoo.co.in>
wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> First I haven't even looked into your question. My
> sincere advise is to please read the following links and still if doubt
> exists, I can clarify.
>
> "I am a disciple of SO and SO and he is disciple of SO and SO and he is
> disciple of SO and SO'"
> Today most of the people which we see are wasting their life times and
> falling into the traps of the material world by taking the above concept. This
> was objected and raised by Master sivananda whose writings are inthis link
> kindly go through it.
>
> http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm GURU TATTVA
> *By* SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA <http://www.dlshq.org/saints/siva.htm>
>
>
> - Publishers' Note
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_1>
> - The Role Of The Guru
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_2>
> - Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_3>
> - Significance Of The Holy Guru-Purnima Day
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_4>
> - Maharshi Vyasa And His Contribution To Hindu Scripture
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_5>
> - Sri Dakshinamurti
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_6>
> - Lord Dattatreya And His Twenty-Four Gurus
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_7>
> - Gurudom: A Deadly Canker
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_8>
> - A Talk To Sannyasins
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_9>
> - Guru-Bhakti Yoga
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_10>
> - Essence Of Guru Gita
> <http://www.dlshq.org/download/gurutattva.htm#_VPID_11>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Any person not belonging to a Sampradaya is condemned by Adi Sankara:
> This was in those times. People are taking this only by leaving the
> entire essence of Jnana. Who ever sadhaka, he will do his guruvandanam and
> then you will come to know which sampradaya he belongs. if somebody tells,
> its ok but I strongly condemn in taking the name of the guru, sampraday in
> public forums for the advertizement sake.
>
> Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu
> Kameswara
>
>
> On Friday, 10 May 2019 10:00 AM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Namaste
>
> If you don't tell the name of the Guru how will others know your
> Parampara? AT least tell the Parampara like 'I am a disciple of SO and SO
> and he is disciple of SO and SO and he is disciple of SO and SO'. Any
> person not belonging to a Sampradaya is condemned by Adi Sankara. Guru
> Parampara is important.
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:49 AM KAMESWARARAO MULA <kamesh_ccmb at yahoo.co.in>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Sir,
> Sastra Prohibits in taking the name of the guru. We have
> to analyze or interpret whether he is talking or sharing the correct
> knowledge or not. if guru wants he can take his disciple name once or twice
> in vyaharika purpose if he wishes to do but not the otherway.
>
> Swamy Yukteswar always insisted many people in not taking the names of any
> body more than twice while discussing the knowledge.
>
> One of the major disadvantage in taking the name is that it creates
> un-necessary havoc among the disciples and ultimately it ends in making a
> forum with some money with out serving the actual objective of the
> relationship.
>
> I can explain and make convince anybody why we should not take the name of
> the guru.
>
> Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu
> Kameswara
>
>
> On Friday, 10 May 2019 7:51 AM, 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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