[Advaita-l] [advaitin] rAma-krishna-shiva-durga etc. are not same in shAstric vyavahAra!!!
Bhaskar YR
bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com
Wed Feb 8 04:42:12 EST 2023
praNAms Sri Venkateswaran prabhuji
Hare Krishna
> previous mail not worded properly, hence resending.
Namaskaram, I remember to have seen a YouTube video wherein Puri Shankaracharya states that as per advaitins only the Panchayatana devatas and their shastra authorised avatars can be considered as Ishvara.
> If this is really a traditional stand then we have to exclude Subramanya / shaNmukha as Ishwara as he is not included or listed in paNchAyatana pooja but considered only in shaNmata 😊 And sUrya one of the paNchAyatana devata-s has been following the orders of some other higher Chaitanya in fear !! as per taittireeya, like other devatas agni, indra and vAyu ( bheeshAsmAvAtaH pavate, bhishOdeti sUryaH etc. ) he too obey the order of his boss. So sUrya must be having karma/puNya janita temporary shareera / post. And devi's avataara like mAtru bhagini bhaginyAdi devata),sapta mAtruka and vinAyaka ( bhUta gaNa in shiva parivAra) etc. also to be ignored as they are taamasi devata. And though from the tip of the devi's nails nArayANAdi dashaakruti emerging ( karAnguli nakhOtpanna narAyaNa dashAkrutiH) devi's other avatAra like chandi, chAmundi, Bhadra kAli etc. not fit to be worshipped considering them in IshvarOpAdhi. When it comes to avatara of Ishwara and which is mentioned in shAstra, is bit confusing since shAstra says yadA yadAhi dharmasya glAnirbhavati I will be there to protect dharma, shishta rakshaNa, dushta shikshaNa assures lord, so his avatAra might be Ananta sahasra not restricted to ONLY dashAvatAra....how to reconcile all this and still stick to particular name and form of ONLY five devata-s and conclude ONLY panchAyatana devata-s as Ishwara!!??
Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar
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