[Advaita-l] Fwd: Omnipresence

Venkatesh Murthy vmurthy36 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 00:47:44 EDT 2020


Namaste
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:23 PM Srinath Vedagarbha via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 1:35 PM 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."
> >
>
> For Dvaitin, this essentiality is way different and at the core of seeking
> mOksha. Acharya Madhva says “mokshashcha vishhNu-prasAdena-vinA na labhyate
> “ (mOksha and other purushArthas are not obtained without Vishnu's
> grace).This position is very much in tune with Rgvedic assertion 'tEna
> vinaH truNamapi na chalti' etc.
>

Kindly give the reference in th Rig Veda where  'tEna  vinaH truNamapi na
chalti'
is present. AFAIK it is not there in Rig Veda.


>
>
>
>
> teshhAmahaM samuddhartA mR^ityusaMsArasAgarAt.h  |
> bhavAMi na chirAtpArtha mayyAveshitachetasAm.h  ||    -- bhagavadgItA
>
> (Those who, having surrendered all actions unto me, without fail, perform
> (bhakti)-yoga, meditate upon and worship me; For them, who have imbued Me
> into their consciousness completely, I am the Swift Deliverer from the
> ocean of death and material existence. )
>
> aj~nAnAM j~nAnado vishhNoH j~nAninAM moxadashcha saH  |
> Ana.ndadashcha muktAnAM sa evaiko janArdanaH     --  skAnda-purANa
>
> (To the un-knowing, Vishnu gives knowledge; to the knowing, He gives
> moksha; To the liberated, He gives joy, and He alone is fit for all to
> worship.)
>
> I am not saying HH. Pejawara Swamiji does not know all these when He said
> what he said. I am only clarifying this similarity (between two schools) is
> quite superficial.
>
> /sv
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-Venkatesh


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