[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Atrocities in Shankaracharya Sanskrit University.

[Raja Krishnamurti]

Very nice way of looking at it. What is needed is perception of That that is beyond the purview of sense organs.

Om and Prem,
Raja Krishnamurti

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> On Apr 26, 2022, at 2:56 AM, Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Namaste.
> A very positive way to look at the issue. Thank you for sharing this view
> 
> 
>> On Tue, 26 Apr, 2022, 1:40 pm Ven Balakrishnan via Advaita-l, <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> 
>> And on the other hand, what a testament to openness and interest that
>> these young people came to learn Sanskrit and hear about Vedanta, even
>> though it is not their belief system.
>> 
>> “That this identity with all is his highest state, the Atman’s own natural
>> supreme state.  When prior to this realisation of identity with all, he
>> views the latter as other than himself, even by a hair’s breadth, thinking
>> ‘This is not myself’, that is the state of ignorance” - Sankaracharya,
>> Brhad Up Bhasya.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On 26 Apr 2022, at 04:05, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Sir,
>>> 
>>> Very sad to hear the report of your direct experience.  I wonder if there
>>> is any way at all to redress the situation.
>>> 
>>> warm regards
>>> subbu
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 7:47 AM Aravinda Rao <karavind09 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Namaskars,
>>>> About six years ago I was invited by the Sanskrit department of this
>>>> University to give a talk on Shankaracharya and I went armed with my
>>>> knowledge of vedanta and my new-found knowledge of Indological studies
>>>> etc., but when I entered the hall I found the hall full of burkha clad
>>>> women and boys (who could not be distinguished). I had to completely
>>>> reframe my talk and say some innocuous things instead of going into any
>>>> further details because it was not the proper time for an argument.
>>>> I was shocked to see that the University has Shankaracharya's name for
>>>> name's sake. Such is the power of demography.
>>>> Aravinda Rao
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM V Subrahmanian <
>> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> From FB:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Islamic namaz held in Kalady Shankaracharya Sanskrit University with
>>>>> loudspeakers before Ifthaar party sponsored by jihadist groups - PFI &
>>>>> SDPI. This government run University named after Jagadguru Adi
>>>>> Shankaracharya has been notorious like JNU for Islamo-Leftism. Once the
>>>>> students even protested against installing a statue of Acharya in the
>>>>> university named after him. In their Shankara Jayanthi celebrations
>> they
>>>>> often host people who go on to deride the Acharya in meetings held to
>>>>> celebrate his birth. Atleast Sanskrit department in JNU is pro-Hindu
>> but
>>>>> this Sanskrit University is worse than JNU.
>>>>> 
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