Dear Putranji, Pranams I think you raised a very important point: Quote: Sri Appayya Dikshitar's conclusion is: All the Four Acharyas of these Major Four...
Here is a post about local life that I thought might interest some of you. http://richardarunachala.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/rickshaw-drivers-holiday/ Enjoy! ...
... Sitaraji, thanks for the comments. Sri Dikshitar has made the issue only more interesting since he is accepted in our Sampradaya; I have to hear that...
Namaste Sitara-ji. I admire your liberalism. However, stalwarts among the current crop of Shankara followers don't share it. They simply can't accept the "all...
praNAms Hare Krishna They simply can't accept the "all roads lead to Rome" business. ... driving us to the 'same' practical experience (this itself is a...
Dear Putranji, dear Nairji Pranams Putranji, I did not mean to put Jesus followers down. I was referring only to the first ones, who as far as I know, were all...
... As I pointed out in an earlier mail, we often think that we have precisely understood the intent of a Gaudapada or a Shankara when we might only be...
Dikshitar's was a cry in wilderness! praNAms Hare Krishna I think Sri appayya deekshita has tried to reconcile the differences within the traditional school of...
... I would love to hear in more detail from any willing member of this learned group what Adi Shankara's critique of shunyavada was. I must admit I haven't...
Pranaam Gurujans, What would be the correct interpretation ? Brahman & Maya = Duality or Brahman & Jiva atman = Duality Who is the Sakshi of Maya ? Brahman or...
Dear Putran-ji, On Nagarjuna's advaya being "dvyanta mukta" whereas the Vedantic advaya/advaita being "dvitiyam nasti" : It must be noted that the Vedantic...
Dear Friends, Did you ever wonder how the garlands were made for puja (worship) in Hindu temples? Radhe-ji (Joyce-ji) explains in these series of articles...
Yuvaraj - PraNAms The correct interpretation is Brahman alone is there and it is THE REALITY. From Brahman point there is nothing other than Braham. No mayaa...
... of them, he got disciples with very limited abilities. Dear SitaraJi, Have you read "The Gospel of Thomas"?, that wonderful "non-dual" piece of literature?...
yuvaraji, though sadanandaji has answered the question well, for a better understanding of the concept of maya I would suggest you to read Swami Vivekananda's...
Appropriate: (Advaita-Vedanta/Shankara's interpretation of Upanishads)::(Shentong interpretation of Buddha)::(Gnostic interpretation of Jesus Christ) ...
Dear Durgaji, Pranams thank you very much for your interesting post, especially the bit about how you deal with the pratibandhakahs in class. I think there...
Dear Mounaji, There are certainly many sides to this issue but, you know, I am actualy not interested enough in Christianity to go deeper into a discussion...
Dear Peter-ji/Mouna-ji/Krishnamurthy-ji and others Thank you for your messages. The Vedas decalre there is one Self that is Eternal, that is Existence, and is...
... Namaste Sitaraji, Thank you also for pointing out Swamiji's unfoldment of verse 8 of Jiva Yatra, which I read after I replied to your post. I found it very...
PraNAms to all Discussion has been interesting from the general principle that advaita by definition is beyond any dvaita or concepts or conceptualization of...
Namaste Mouna: Your answer is completely clarity, thank you. If you allow me, I would like to rise a question to you. Does the Christian doctrine of the...
... Christian doctrine of the expiation have any special meaning for the Tradition Védica? Namely An avatar delivered voluntarily to the death to save or to...
Respected nirgunananda-ji, Namaste. My small request: Let us restrict ourselves to the teachings of Acharya Sankara. What jesus, allah etc. said is not our...
... Dear ShyamJi PraNams I was going to write a long response to your recent posting, but Sri Sadaji's most recent one (#45451) put me in perspective as to...