[Advaita-l] Veda Vyasa's consistency across Bhagavata, Vishnu and Shiva Puranas

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,

The very act of shAstra adhyayana is a way of engaging in the contemplation
of the self. It is not a waste of time. Studying different scriptural works
is not because one hopes to get a different truth from them but to dwell on
the very same truth  conveyed by all scripture.

If you are convinced that such an activity is a waste of time and everyone
else is wrong, please save your energy and do not further waste your time
engaging with others.

This is a forum for advaita discussion. Please do not discourage people
from undertaking the very activity that this forum is meant for.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan




On Sun, 23 Feb 2020, 17:04 sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  Dear Sri Jaladhar,
> I would like to bring to your kind notice that my two postings
> were made keeping mumukshus in view.
>
> Please read the following excerpt with a cool and open mind and understand
> well what Bhagavan Ramana has taught. And then you read my two postings
> once again. Then you can call me by any name you may like. As a  Vedantin I
> accept both flowers as well as brickbats with equanimity.
> Quote:
> Thisarticle appeared in the magazine "The Mountain Path'"  January1972
> issue, published from Sri Ramansramam, Tiruvannamalai.
>
>
>
>       It was in 1940 that one day, one of the devotees sitting in the hall
> raised thetopic regarding the utility of reading books on religion and
> philosophy. Inreply Sri Bhagavan said:
>
>            " You wake up in the morning and look into the mirror and the
> mirror showsyou that you have a growth and that you have to get rid of it.
> You may goon looking into any number of mirrors; every mirror will tell you
> the same, butNO MIRROR CAN EVER SHAVE YOU.  YOU HAVE TO SHAVE YOURSELF,
> instead ofwasting time looking into mirror  after mirror it is BEST to
> start shavingafter having looked into the first mirror and known the truth.
>
>              So also all the books will tell you the same truth, perhaps
> in slightlydifferent ways. Instead of wasting  time reading book after
> book  WHYNOT REALISE FOR YOURSELF WHAT WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE VERY FIRST
> BOOK".
>
>                                                        Theend.
>
> unquote.
> I have nothing more to say about your comments.
> With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>     On Sunday, 23 February, 2020, 1:36:17 pm IST, Jaldhar H. Vyas via
> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> You didn't like it when I called your views asampradayic but what to make
> of sentiments such as these?
>
> > Since the epics and puranas state the same tattva
> > as taught by the upanishads,a mumukshu who has confined himself to
> Upanishads
> > and Sri Shankara's commentaries
>
> And what is the legitimacy of that when the upanishads themselves refer to
> itihasa/purana as the "5th Veda" and Shankaracharya has quoted from them?
>
>
> > may not  need  any help from other sources like puranas and other texts.
> > To read / study other texts will be simply a waste of time and energy.
>
> I am reminded of the story of the Caliph Omar who supposedly ordered the
> destruction of the Library of Alexandria saying that "If these books are
> opposed to the Quran they are heresy and should be burned. If they confirm
> the truth of the Quran they are redundant and it doesn't matter if they
> burn."  Needless to say that sort of idea is alien to our dharma.
>
>
> > He can as well use that time and energy for adyatmayoga
>
> When it is known that Brahman is all, what kind of adhyatmayoga makes
> distinctions such as "waste of time and energy"?
>
> You would be on firmer footing if you kept your criticism to shastras that
> teach duality but those are not what were being quoted in this case.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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