[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** RE: [advaitin] Abheda Bhakti is the supreme Bhakti - Narada Purana

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

महीमानं हरेर्यस्तु किंचित्कृत्वा प्रियो नरः ।।
तन्मयत्वेन संतुष्टः सा भक्तिरुत्तमोत्तमा ।। १५-४९ ।।
अहमेव परो विष्णुर्मयि सर्वमिदं जगत् ।।
इति यः सततं पश्येत्तं विद्यादुत्तमोत्तमम् ।। १५-५० ।।
'I am that supreme Vishnu, the whole world resides in Me', He who has this realization should be known as the foremost devotee.


Ø     Tanmayatvena santushtaH sA bhaktiH uttamOttamam…But second one says ‘vidyAt uttamOttamaM’…so second one talks about paramArtha jnana not just about bhakti where bhakti, bhakta, bhagavanta triad holds sway.
The Upanishadic doctrine that the world, the individual and Ishwara are all one Brahman can be found here. This principle stated by Vedavyasa applies only in Advaita.


Ø     Though world, the jeeva and the Ishwara are vikalpa in the nirvikalpa,  from the transactional view point it is in order operates in a systematic way.  Though the bheda here among jeeva, jagat and Ishwara is mithyA but in its ‘yathArUpa’ it is transcendental paramArtha tattva only.  This abover verse just reminds me of dakshiNamurthy Stotra : IshwarO gururAtmeti mUrtibhedAt vibhAgine, vyOmavad vyAptadehAya dakshiNAmurthaye namaH.  But as per some,  all these are just an imagination in the conditioned mind of some tiny soul…And to prove this some do not hesitate to say :  brahman’s power is avidyA 😊 But shruti gives utmost importance to Ishwara and Acharya, how can one forget shruti verdict:  yasya deve parA bhaktiH yathA deve tathA guraU, tasmaite kathitA hyarthAH pakAshante mahAtmanaH.  Oh, no these are all good only in SDV something inferior understanding of shruti vAkya but in DSV and AV, which is the final verdict of Advaita,  these are all ‘tuccha’!! so comes the verdict from some pundits.  A massive ‘thappad’ to Ishwara, guru, jeeva, jagat, IshwarakAruNya, Acharya anugraha etc. in the school of DSV 😊


Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar