[Advaita-l] [advaitin] 'Did Shankara establish Shan-matas' (six schools)? - A Kannada article

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 9:34 PM suresh srinivasamurthy <sureshsmr at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste,
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> Thus, for Shankara the upasya murti for a mumukshu can be anything that
> Ishwara takes out of Maya, to bless the mumukshu.  One cannot force a
> mumukshu to meditate upon one deity only. Loko bhinna ruchih.
> >
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> IMHO the upAsya murti can be different. But entire creation / universe
> including oneself must be "seen" in that and vice versa too. The
> meditator/upAsaka is not external to the upAsya/Ishwara/Brahman. This alone
> makes Vedic/Hindu view different from other non-vedic / Abrahamic
> (A-brAhmic ? ) views
>

Yes, this is true.  The murti the upasaka chooses is looked upon by him as
the Vishwamurti, encompassing the entire creation.  The Vibhuti Yoga of the
Bh.G.10th chapter offers us a lot of choices. This, again, is differently
looked upon by diff schools and all would not be in agreement.

regards
subbu

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> Regards,
> Suresh
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