[Advaita-l] Ekadashi

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Namaste sir.
Its true that the attainment of gnana alone leads to liberation. But the
aspect of devotion is nowhere given less importance. This has been stated
many times by shri abhinava tirtha swamin in his discourses. In now way can
knowledge be attained without the grace and of guru and isvara.
And for people who completely surrender to isvara, the aspect of "krama
mukthi" is accepted. So, there is no rule that it has to come after many
births.
Regarding the power of nama smarana, here is a link to the discourses of
jagadguru - "http://www.tattvaloka.com/jagadguru-speaks". The discourse in
March 2021 under " Chant the names of Lord and attain highest good" the
power of nama smarana is given. There is also a discourse in telugu given
by him in 2013 regarding the greatness of smarana- "
https://youtu.be/LqLkkwWm1cY".
>From jagadgurus discourses it's evident the power of nama smarana and
bakthi shouldn't be compared to other rituals. Bakthi indeed is superior to
them.

And I have no way indicated inferiority of other gods. It was ekadashi, a
special day to narayana and vaishnavas. And hence I had a few thoughts
about the immeasurable daya and splendor of narayana and shared it in the
group. And other than a praise of him and a rememberance of him, it had no
other intention.

Om namo narayana.

Thank you.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:24 Venkatesh Murthy, <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Our Sampradaya has laid down Panchayatana Puja to worship Ganesha, Shiva.
> Vishnu, Shakti and Surya. There is a reason for this. We should not become
> fanatics of one God and quarrel with devotees of other Gods. It will be a
> big obstacle for us if we become fanatics. Every God is a form of Saguna
> Brahma. No God is inferior and nobody is superior.
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 5:44 AM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Namaste subbu sir.
>> Thank you for your kind words.
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021, 23:18 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Kaushik,
>> >
>> > You have beautifully articulated the position of the Shastra and our
>> > sampradaya.  Your post, though short, is full of wisdom.  Thanks for
>> > sharing your thoughts.
>> >
>> > warm regards
>> > subbu
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:14 PM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
>> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> The differences between the school of advaita and dvaita are many. But
>> the
>> >> CHATNTING of harinama and sublime devotion to vishnu is the common and
>> >> most
>> >> important aspect in both the school. In the age of kali, it is said
>> that
>> >> no
>> >> penance, austerity, charity etc has the same fruit as the rememberance
>> of
>> >> hari nama. The last verse in "bhaja govindam"says "There is no other
>> >> measure to escape samsara other than rememberance of hari nama". It's
>> said
>> >> that narayana finds some excuse to lift people from samsara. Such is
>> his
>> >> daya ,he is the uplifter of sinners,he is "patita pavana". He always
>> >> protects his devotees. People who hated hari, such as kamsa, sisupala
>> etc,
>> >> too were given mukti because they constantly thought about him. He is
>> an
>> >> ocean of daya and forgiveness. Being sarvasaktha isvara he underwent
>> >> samsara as rama, to show us how to live a life according to dharma. He
>> >> gave
>> >> the essence of Upanishads in the form of krishna to save the people of
>> >> kali.  Today being ekadashi, this day belongs to narayana.
>> >> Just a few thoughts I had on this auspicious day.
>> >> Om namo narayanaya.
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