[Advaita-l] SAGE UPAMANYU PART 32 - UPAMANYU SAYS SHIVA CAN GRANT THE POST OF BRAHMA, VISHNU & INDRA TO ANYBODY

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Very well said sir.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, 21:32 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:28 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> But I think these type of statements are a form of praise and shouldn't
>> be taken literally.
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> Advaitins alone view such statements, about Vishnu or Rudra, as 'na ni
> nindaa nyaaya', that is a praise of one deity against another, to inculcate
> devotion to the former.  Since the Bhakti siddhanta also says that no other
> deity should be denigrated in real terms and this will cause the
> displeasure of the deity he holds high, there is a check on the devotee's
> attitude towards his non-Ishta devataa.
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> regards
>
>
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>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, 14:22 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:27 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
>>> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> The madhwas say such statements are to delude the ayogyas and implant
>>>> hari devsha into them.
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>>>
>>> If Veda Vyasa were to do something to produce dvesha in a person for
>>> Bhagavan, then Veda Vyasa cannot be considered to be an incarnation of
>>> Bhagavan who had the mission to do good.  Someone who intends to do good to
>>> a human will never do anything to engender  dvesha for Bhagavan.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> subbu
>>>
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