Negating the Five Differences, ‘Pancha Bheda-s’
In the Vishnu sahasra nama bhashya, Sri Bhagavatpada has cited a large number of passages to deny the five types of differences (that non-advaitins, especially Madhvas, admit in absolute terms)....
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Names such as ‘Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva’ are mithyopadhika – Vishnu Puranam In the Vishnu Sahasra Nama bhashya, Shankara cites a Vishnu Purana verse that brings about the identity of the Atman and...
View ArticleBrahman is ‘avaachya’ by any name: Vishnu Puranam
In the Vishnu Puranam occurs the concept of ‘no name being possible for Brahman’:न यत्र नाथ विद्यन्ते नामजात्यादिकल्पनाः ।तदू ब्रह्म परमं नित्यमविकारि भवानजः ।। ५-१८-५३ ।।O Lord, where name, genus,...
View ArticleA Vaishnava Acharya’s welcome logic
Extract from the commentary by Svāmī Rāmabhadrācāryahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambhadracharya on BG 18.41 (brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ …): Rāmabhadrācārya, Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Svāmī (1998)....
View ArticleThe ‘Vishnu’ of Shankara and that of Ramanuja
The ‘Vishnu’ of Shankara and that of Ramanuja Here is an article, of 11 pages, which is a short study based on literary evidence from the writings of both Shankara and Ramanuja that shows the idea of...
View ArticleSiddhanta Traya Sarah ‘ஸித்தாந்த த்ரய ஸாரம்’
Siddhanta Traya Sarah is a unique book that renders the three siddhanta-s namely Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita in a condensed form. MM Sri R.Krishnamurthy Sastrigal has compiled, rather...
View ArticleCore Vedanta aspects in the Mahabharatha
महाभारतम्-13-अनुशासनपर्व-045 https://sa.wikisource.org/s/31y [The following section is present in the newly brought out ‘Vaishnava paatha’ of the Mahabharata from the Palimaaru (Madhva) maTha.]In the...
View ArticleWas Bhishma ashamed of speaking of the glories and 1000 names of Shiva?
Was Bhishma ashamed of speaking of the glories and 1000 names of Shiva? Sri Vadiraja Tirtha (of the Madhva school), in his ‘Lakshalankara’, a commentary on the Mahabharata, says that Bhishma, feeling...
View ArticleNarayana Bhatta’s ‘Narayana’ fundamentally different from that of Ramanuja
The ‘Naaraayaneeyam’ is extremely famous as a devotional discourse authored by the Advaitin Sri Narayana Bhatta of Kerala. The object of stuti in this work is Lord Sri Krishna, the presiding deity of...
View ArticleSelections from ‘Gaathaa Saptashati’– Shiva performs Sandhya Vandanam
Selections from ‘Gaathaa Saptashati’ – Shiva performs Sandhya Vandanam https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=233&chapterid=218 // Gatha Saptasati The book Gahasattasai in Prakrit, is more...
View ArticleThree types of ‘Existence’ in Vedanta
Satta trayam in shruti and sutras: Vidwan Mani Dravid Sastri and another scholar Satyasya satyam: Paramarthika and vyavaharikam – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.1.20: सत्यस्य सत्यमिति (प्राणा वै सत्यं...
View ArticleSelections from Barhaspatya sutram
Selections from Barhaspatya sutram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barhaspatya_sutras The Bārhaspatya-sūtras (a patronymic of Brhaspati), also Lokāyata (“materialistic”, “atheistic”) sutras is the...
View ArticleA good search possible in ‘Advaita shaaradaa’ resource
A good search possible in ‘Advaita shaaradaa’ resource NamasteIt is well known to scholars/researchers/students that the entire core corpus of Advaita literature has been/being brought under the...
View ArticleDrishti-srishti alluded to by Shankara
Drishti-srishti alluded to by Shankara In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.3.31,32 the mantra says:यत्र वा अन्यदिव...
View ArticleUpanishadic Svarupa Lakshanam of Brahman in the Valmiki Ramayanam
In the Valmiki Ramayana there are many instances where the simile of Shiva/Rudra is used, just as the simile of Vishnu, Brahma, etc. are. In this verse:अनुयातौ श्रिया दीप्तौ शोभयेतामनिन्दितौ।...
View ArticleAttaining a Devataa and Realizing the Devataa Tattva – Upaasya Brahman and...
Attaining a Devataa and Realizing the Devataa Tattva – Upaasya Brahman and Jneya Brahman In the Kenopanishad Pada Bhashyam 1.5:आत्मा हि नामाधिकृतः कर्मण्युपासने च संसारी कर्मोपासनं वा साधनमनुष्ठाय...
View ArticleShankaracharya’s ‘para-kaaya-pravesha’ in the light of a Mahabharata episode
Shankaracharya’s ‘para-kaaya-pravesha’ in the light of a Mahabharata episode In the Madhaviya Shankara Vijaya is the episode where Shankaracharya, in the context of a debate with Ubhaya Bharati, uses...
View ArticleReply to Sri Bannanje Govindacharya’s remarks
Namaste Recently in some Whatsapp groups and FB someone circulated an audio of noted Madhva scholar Sri Bannanje Govindacharya in Kannda. It was clarified later that this audio is only a clipping of a...
View ArticleBannanje’s audio on Shankara ‘split personality’
http://www.mediafire.com/file/97dbdm5ouw5a8x6/Harikathamrutasaara-1-11_01.mp3/file The above is an audio recording in Kannada by the renowned Dvaita scholar on ‘Shankara – a split personality’. Om Tat...
View ArticleShankaracharya – Maniman – non-connection’
Here is an article in FB on the topic ‘Shankaracharya – Maniman – non-connection’ in Kannada. https://www.facebook.com/groups/vedaonline/permalink/2378643705738560/At present I am not making an...
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