[Advaita-l] Puranas as Pramana

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

They are pramANAs as means to realization. And hence their importance.

Regards

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 1:27 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  <<  Puranas are not a part of prasthana trayam. Then why we need to
> take puranas as Pramana in our spiritual quest? >>,
>
> The same doub applies to Vedas (karma kAnda) as well. The answer is that
> they are pramANAs till Realization.
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 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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