[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Vidwan Sri S K Ramachandra Rao in praise of Shankaracharya

[V Subrahmanian]

Prof SKR Rao was heavily influenced by SSS.

http://www.adhyatmaprakasha.org/Volumes/PDF/english/017/index.pdf

Prof SKR Rao was a Madhva by birth but had a great appreciation for
Advaita.

regards
subbu

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM 'Bhaskar YR' via advaitin <
advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> praNAms
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> Hare Krishna
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> Late Prof. S.K. Ramachandra Rao was heading the Kalpataru Samshodhana
> foundation here in Sringeri Mutt, Bangalore an ardent disciple of HH Sri
> Chandrashekhara Bharati interestingly writes in his preface to “ Shankara
> and Adhyasa Bhashya” as follows :
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> Shankara is one of the most misunderstood thinkers of India.  Later
> writers claiming to be his followers have misrepresented him and his
> critics have damned him relying almost entirely on these later writers.
> Padmapaada’s panchapaadika (and glosses over it), vimuktaatman’s
> Ishtasiddhi and to an extent Vaachaspati’s Bhaamati have been responsible
> for the presentation of Shankara’s thought which was attacked by Raamaanuja
> and Maadhva.  Had these Acharyaas confined their attention to shankara’s
> own writings, much of the controversy would certainly have been avoided,
> and sectarian differences would greatly have been minimized.
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> //unquote//
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> This is his very first para in that preface.  And in the fourth para after
> acknowledging and appreciating the contributions of later vyAkhyAnakara-s,
> he observes as follows :
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> //quote//
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> Many Ideas (like mUlaavidyA, vivarta, mahAvAkya, six fold pramaana, avidyA
> lesha) which are now major details of Advaita cannot be found in shankara’s
> own writings.  They belong to the development of thought that is post
> shankara.  There is a need to examine whether these ideas were necessary to
> explain some basic conceptions of shankara or they have served to
> camouflage and distort the original thought.  Did shankara really dismiss
> the world as an illusion?? We do not find evidence for it in vedanta sutra
> bhaashya at any rate.
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> //unquote//
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> And now, no need to rush the socalled traditional opinion on SKR and his
> observation, as one can easily expect pattern of those thoughts from the
> desk of traditionalists 😊
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
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> bhaskar
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