[Advaita-l] Question of Yoga Vashishta

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sri Rao Ji,

Reg  <<  Is it that only works by Veda Vyasa (Edited or written) are
considered as Pramanas? >>,

Not sure if your doubts have been resolved.

BSB 2-1-1 and 2-1-2  discuss elaborately prAmANya of smritis. You may like
to take a look.

If you are familiar with tamil, you could usefully refer to thefollowing
talks by Sri Mani Dravid Shastri Ji on the above Bhashyas.

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Regards

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 1:11 PM VTCS Rao via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear learned group,
>
> I have a couple of questions that often bother me; the group may have
> discussed earlier.
>
> 1. Yoga Vashishta (YV)  is by same Sage Valmiki, presumably before
> Shankara and others, with profound wisdom. Then why did Sankara make any
> reference to it, despite its richness in content. Not sure whether Ramanuja
> made any reference to YV in his texts.
>
> 2. Parts of ItiHasas are considered as essential texts for Sadhana (eg,
> Gita, Sanatsujatiya etc). Why didn't parts of Vasishta Ramayana, find a
> reference spot in Prakarana Grantham even. Is it that only works by Veda
> Vyasa (Edited or written) are considered as Pramanas?
>
> Appreciate comments from the elite group members.
>
> Best Regards/  VTCS
>
> VTCS Rao, Dean L&T IPM
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