[Advaita-l] Dialogues with the guru.

[Kaushik Chevendra]

A very excellent answer sir. Thanks to you, my doubt has been dispelled.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, 11:12 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:10 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
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>> An excellent answer sir. But please forgive me for raising another doubt.
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>> In whatever discourses I have read by the acharyas, they have stated that
>> the smriti texts shouldn't be changed and dharma remains constant as a rule
>> of isvara.
>> Its only through my fault, that I have probably misunderstood what they
>> have said.
>> Please explain how if the shastra cannot be changed with time, we can
>> adopt to the present day world.
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> I quote a passage from the (now unavailable book) The Crest Jewel of Yogis
> - First Volume, p.109:
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> // In fact, it was Paramacharyal (HH Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati
> Mahasvamin) who Himself encouraged Acharyal (HH Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha
> Mahasvamin) to take a free and independent line of thinking in such matters
> in keeping with the need to cater to a changing and less orthodox society.
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> Hence it is the Guru that is most closely available to us at a given
> situation and time that has to be consulted in case of need for
> clarification and guidance.  Their writings, various incidents of
> devotees/seekers with such a Guru, etc will provide us the leads to
> solutions to our questions.  Such clarifications could also be
> seeker-specific and may not be universal.  This is how these things work.
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