[Advaita-l] Bajanai sambradayam

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 11:01 AM Srinivasan Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> But how. Pl elaborate dr.sinivasa iyer.


The 12th chapter of Gita recommends Bhakti marga. By practice of Bhakti the
devotees will get Chitta Suddhi and gain eligibility for Jnana. They do not
have to put difficult effort like the people contemplating on Akshara
Brahman. Ishwara will lift the devotees out of Samsara quickly. This is
Krishna’s promise in the Gita.

If Bhakti is pure and Death comes before Jnana the devotee will go to
Brahma Loka. There he will get Jnana and Moksha.

Therefore there are two paths for the same goal - one extremely difficult
and other easy. A wise person will choose the easy path.

Some people are not naturally inclined to Bhakti but want to chase pure
Jnana. Let them do it. But they will face a lot of difficulties.


>
> On Wed, 20 Jul, 2022, 10:51 Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > It is difficult to do Upasana of Nirguna Brahma. Saguna Brahma Upasana is
> > easier. Nothing wrong in singing Bhajans. They have to be encouraged.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 7:43 PM Manas Bharadwaaj via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hari Om,
> > >
> > > I'll try to elaborate. The interesting thing about the Bhajanai
> > Sampradayam
> > > is that all the Swamigals of the Dakshina Paddathi are Smarthas and
> > > Advaitins. They mainly focus on singing the glories of the lord from
> the
> > > following advaitic texts: Bodhendral Swamigal (59th Acharya of Kanchi
> > > Kamakoti Peetham), Shridhara Ayyaval (Another great Advaitin, a
> > > contemporary of Bodhendra Swamigal), Sadhguru Swamigal (Another
> Advaitin,
> > > who searched really hard the adishthanam in Govindapuram of Bodhendral
> > > Swamigal). They also sing the kirtanas of Sadashiva Brahmendral,
> Narayana
> > > Teerthar, Jayadevar, Narayana Bhattadri, and many other advaitic Stutis
> > > from Ramayanam and Bhagavatam. We may find some dwaita works from other
> > > sampradayas like Saint Thukaram, Saint Chaitanya, etc, but the
> > sampradayam
> > > when performed by Smarthas (which are most people), actually give a
> > holding
> > > stick for common public as a means to get involved with their own
> Smartha
> > > Sampradaya.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > MB
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 7:29 AM Aravind M via Advaita-l <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > https://youtu.be/fImWcQhED54
> > > >
> > > > This video elaborates on the topic
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 16 Jul, 2022, 1:31 pm Aravind M, <aravindeie13 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > In Tamilnadu there is a new nama sankirtana movement in the name of
> > > > > bodhendral and other saints..the upanyasakals of the sambradayam
> > claim
> > > > > themselves as avatar of lord Narayana..most of the tamil smartas
> are
> > > > > hearing to their lectures.they even deliver talks in kanchi mutt
> also
> > > > ..how
> > > > > does shankara sambradayam recognise their roles.. actually I feel
> > that
> > > > they
> > > > > are misguiding and deviating smartas from the path of shankara
> > > > >
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-Venkatesh