[Advaita-l] Puranas as Pramana

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Namaste sir.
Acharya has many times quoted Vishnu purana in his prasthan traya bhasya.
Further in the gita bhasya, acharya has pointed out the absolute necessity
of bakthi. How can there be bakthi without shravana of the leelas of lord?
Hence puranas play an important part.
Further for people without veda adhikara acharya has said in his bsb that
they should attain brahma gyana through puranas and ithihasa.

Namo narayana

On Mon, 16 Jan, 2023, 7:18 am VTCS Rao via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari om
>
>
> Puranas are not a part of prasthana trayam. Then why we need to take
> puranas as Pramana in our spiritual quest?
>
> Is it not futile to make any conclusions or corroboration taking examples
> from the conflicting and confusing statements in puranas.
>
> I am not against reading Puranas. I am amazed with the scientific
> revelations (for example Garuda purana on birth, Bhagavat on creation etc),
> but these are not considered as a part of Prasthana traya.
>
> Any views on this from the learned in this group.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Best Regards/  VTCS
>
> VTCS Rao
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