[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Caricature of Advaita, Shankaracharya, etc. by the Gaudiya head

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Aravinda Rao wrote:

> Dear Sri Vyas, Maybe you are right that we have to counter the arguments of
> the dualists. But there is no point condemning them in this small group.

Why?  And FYI though the number of writers may be small, Advaita-L has 
over 700 subscribers.  Atleast that many aren't subscribed but read 
through the archives.  Every month thousands more people searching for 
information related to Sanatana Dharma or Vedanta topics come across our
pages or previous conversations.  These numbers will be even higher once I 
finally get around to renovating the look and feel of advaita-vedanta.org 
which is something I've been promising for ever :-)

> I think that we have to be busy studying and teaching the basic texts of
> vedanta in whatever little circle we have. It is true that some of the
> concepts 
> are tricky and difficult to explain.

But explaining that Gaudiya critiques of Advaita Vedanta are based on lies 
and slander is not difficult at all.


> Fortunately, there  are many traditional scholars alive who can clarify 
> our doubts.  Our internal discussion in this google group may not 
> resolve all doubts. Some may have patience and time to explain and some 
> may not do so because they may be engaged in several other activities. I 
> have a bank of traditional scholars whom I contact but not through 
> email. 

Dharma rakshana is the duty of all whether scholar or not.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>