[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Quotes from samkshepa shaareeraka

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hare Krishna prabhu ji.

Be practical prabhuji, do you want to do sAdhana by holding the shallow
> theories like Ishwara and guru just your conditioned mind construction??
> Don’t you want to approach shrOtreeya brahmanishTa guru??  Don’t you want
> to have a sadguru who can lead you in the right path of realization??
> Don’t you want to do guru seva (tadviddhi praNipAtena, pariprashnena
> sevaya) and ask for his blessings??  Do you say to your guru :  even though
> you are just a mental construction of mine, I am just imagining you as the
> person and listen to your teachings which is again I know  is illusory
> etc.??


I am not saying this to shrOtriya BrahmanishTha guru. It is the other way
round. He says so. And he says so to remove my hard and firm belief that he
is real.

Likewise when you are doing your ishta devata archana, pooja, dhyAna do you
> carry the ideas like you are nothing after my realization, unfortunately I
> am worshipping you during my avidyA period that too binding myself to the
> SDM!!??  You can say hundred and one things to logically prove Ishwara and
> guru big zero after realization but as long as you are sincere sAdhaka
> Ishwara is your karmaphala dAta, guru is our kArnuNya murthy, shAstra is
> our ultimate source...just you cannot come out of this sAmpradAyik method
> of learning and realization even though you might succeed in proving all
> are your imagination with mere logic.
>

These are all sequential understanding Bhaskar ji. The sAdhanA as per my
understanding is this - समस्तं कल्पनामात्रमात्मा मुक्तः सनातनः। इति विज्ञाय
धीरो हि किमभ्यस्यति बालवत्।।18.7।।

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.