[Advaita-l] My article for Shankara Jayanthi

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Fri, 10 May 2019, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l wrote:


> Any person not belonging to a Sampradaya is condemned by Adi 
> Sankara:This was in those times.

What "times" are we in now?  Sanatana Dharma is Sanatana.  It does not 
have an expiration date.


> 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.

For what its worth Swami Shivananda was quite proud of being a descendent 
of Shri Appayya Dikshita and mentions this repeatedly in his writings.

The problem is more the kind of person who will e.g. do "Je-Je" to the 
murti of Shankaracharya on a day like this or to some other Guru and boast 
about him with flowery words but not internalize his teachings and put 
them into practice in his own life.  The one who strives and struggles to 
understand and assimilate each word does not fall in that category and has 
every right to proclaim public pride in his intellectual heritage.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>