[Advaita-l] Fwd: Omnipresence

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Please read as
"Hari and hara"

On Sat, 25 Jul 2020, 21:02 Kaushik Chevendra, <chevendrakaushik at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here arises the difficulty. Bakthi to shiva isn't accepted by dvaita
> acharyas.
> Also in advaita we accept worship of God as  ones own self. But in dvaita
> it isn't so. Worshipping hari and hari with equal attitude is also not
> accepted in dvaitam.
>
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020, 20:45 Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> This is not directly related to the refutation of dvaita etc.
>>
>> Sri Vishvesha Tirtha of Adhokshaja Math (a dvaita institution) says that
>> "The only similarity between advaita and dvaita philosophies is that of
>> bhakti or devotion, which is very essential."
>>
>> It's a relief that bhakti in advaita is validated and accepted by the
>> seer,
>> without nitpicking.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Jul, 2020, 1:22 PM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > I agree with you. All the ancient texts including the dharmashastras say
>> > knowledge is realisation of omnipresence of Brahman alone.
>> >
>> > On Sat 25 Jul, 2020, 1:20 PM V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 1:15 PM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
>> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Also in Upanishads realisation is seeing atman(isvara or self)
>> > everywhere.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > For non-Advaitins, 'seeing Brahman/Ishwara everywhere' means:
>> realizing
>> > > that Brahman (Vishnu) is the niyamaka, controller/antaryami, 'in'
>> every
>> > > jiva and an inherent existence in every object. For Advaitins, this is
>> > > 'realizing everything 'as' Brahman.'  That is the difference.
>> > >
>> > > regards
>> > > subbu
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
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