[Advaita-l] Question of Yoga Vashishta

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Sat Oct 1 06:40:35 EDT 2022


Namaste.

In continuation, you can also include BSB 2-1-3.

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Regards

On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 3:48 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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