Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 Is wonder whether there are philosophical schools of Vedanta developed by Shaivas or Shaktas. As far as I know all philosophical traditions other than Advaita were developed by Vaishnavas: Visisthadvaita by Ramanujy Dvaita-Advaita by Nimbarka Dvaita by Madhva Suddha-Advaita by Vallabha Achintya-Bheda Bheda by Chaitanya Or am I wrong and one of them was a Shaiva? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 , akka_108 <akka_108> wrote: > Is wonder whether there are philosophical schools of Vedanta developed by Shaivas or Shaktas. > As far as I know all philosophical traditions other than Advaita were developed by Vaishnavas: > > Visisthadvaita by Ramanujy > Dvaita-Advaita by Nimbarka > Dvaita by Madhva > Suddha-Advaita by Vallabha > Achintya-Bheda Bheda by Chaitanya none of these are saiva; there are several other schools but they are usually not that famous simply coz they were not as against advaita as were the above schools:-). but then again there are deeper teachings in all these schools that are not commonly told to the average practitioner. eg chaitanya himself was a believer in advaita as can be inferred from his advice to ramamanda raya in the chaitanya charitamrita. but in my opinion advaita is not associated with sankara alone; almost all the saiva schools as well as several vaishnava schools accept advaita as the ultimate truth; tirumoolar in his tirumantiram writes that there is no difference between siddhanta(saiva siddhanta) and vedanta a 1000 years before sankara. yogaman > > Or am I wrong and one of them was a Shaiva? > I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 Can you give me the technical names of those philosophical systems developed by Shaivas or Shaktas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 There is a discussion of various schools of philosophy in the introduction to Radhakrishnan's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. There is also a discussion of various Saiva(the prominent ones) schools in the book Merging with Siva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniya Swami. yogaman , akka_108 <akka_108> wrote: > Can you give me the technical names of those philosophical systems developed by Shaivas or Shaktas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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