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

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

This is for the records sake for others who want to know more about Sri SK Rao.

Though he appreciated Sri SSS and his efforts he openly said some of his view points not acceptable to him.  Sri SKR Rao has not studied bhAshya under Sri SSS and his guru was mahamahOpaadhyaaya Sri Paalakkaad Narayana Shastri, he wrote books like shaarada peetada maanikya on HH Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati mahAswaminaH and openly said he is the shishya of Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara bhArati mahAswaminaH and he never ever identified himself  and promoted anything in favour of mAdhva lineage, he was directly appointed by Srinigeri Dakshinaamnaya peeta to do more saMshOdhana on shankara’s works ( as I said he was heading Kalpataru Samshodhana Kendra here in Bangalore Sringeri Branch).  He has studied all the available material (both in manuscripts and printed version) when he was doing the research on Consciousness in Advaita under the auspices of Sri Abhinava Vidyaateertha swamigal Scientific Research Academy, Madras (now Chennai).  And he himself said he had an occasion to go through once again all the major and minor works in Advaita both printed and in manuscript and critically examine their value in understanding shankara.  So, he was not just the blind follower of Sri SSS to label him as ‘influenced by Sri SSS.  Ofcourse he was not a dump wit to blindly follow whatever said by Sri SSS, he himself was a scholar a veracious reader and critical observer.  So it is totally irrelevant here to highlight he is mAdhva (!!??) he is influenced by Sri SSS etc. etc.  just because he is rising voice against later vyAkhyAnakAra-s.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
Bhaskar YR


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Prof SKR Rao was heavily influenced by SSS.

http://www.adhyatmaprakasha.org/Volumes/PDF/english/017/index.pdf<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adhyatmaprakasha.org%2FVolumes%2FPDF%2Fenglish%2F017%2Findex.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cbhaskar.yr%40hitachienergy.com%7C6730ca173de74f873d6b08daddc12068%7C7831e6d9dc6c4cd19ec61dc2b4133195%7C0%7C0%7C638066119395487744%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6jK4x96MdadSZQbFa9H%2BL689PbG%2Fu5CA%2FYF5awQi9kU%3D&reserved=0>

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<mailto:advaitin at googlegroups.com>> wrote:
praNAms
Hare Krishna

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 :

//quote//
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.
//unquote//

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 :

//quote//
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.
//unquote//

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 😊

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar
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