Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 thank you raviji for your wonderful explanation of adi shankara's views on sadhana chatustayam ... You state .... .....That underlies that a saadhaka should see the indweller and not the outer clothing. Here, one is reminded of an incident that took place in adi shankara's life when he was in Kasi... Once, in Kasi, when Sri Sankara was going to the Vishwanath Temple, his path was blocked by an "untouchable" who was accompanied by his wife and 4 dogs. The disciples of Sri Sankara shouted at him to make way, and to keep a distance. The untouchable smiled and said, ""According to your principle of Advaita, which you practice, all the Jivatma are same as God. How do you ask me to go? How am I different from your Paramacharya? What you say is unreasonable. How can I go away from myself?" Sri Sankara realised that it was not an ordinary person and understood that it was Lord Shiva himself who had come along with His escort and the four Vedas. He prostrated before the Lord and sang five slokas called "Manisha Panchakam". Lord Shiva presented himself along with Visalakshi and blessed Sri Sankara. http://www.kamakoti.org.manichapanchakam aum ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 respected ravi, you write ... Can you point me to work of any of our acharya-s that quote from PKS? Was it before shankara? If then, does shankara's works quote it anywhere? I dont think it can be even called smRti. If I am not mistaken it is a work of tantra. yes, raviji, you are right ... ShAkta Agamas are usually known as tantras. Most of them are in the form of a dialogue between Shiva and Parvati. They recommend worship of Shakti, which is the worshipping the Supreme Brahman as the female principle. There are three main sub-schools of Tantric path: Kaula, Mishra and Samaya. Samaya-Achara concentrates on the efficient method of worshipping the goddess as the Divine Mother. Some of the important works in this field are: Tantraraja Tantra, Subha-Agama-Panchaka and Parasurama Kalpa-sUtra. Aum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 oops! i forgot to give the url from where i obtained the information... here it is ... http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1997_8/0054.html - 19k - Cached -- In , "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> wrote: > respected ravi, > > you write ... > > Can you point me to work of any of our acharya-s that quote > from PKS? Was it before shankara? If then, does shankara's > works quote it anywhere? I dont think it can be even called > smRti. If I am not mistaken it is a work of tantra. > > > yes, raviji, you are right ... ShAkta Agamas are usually > known as tantras. Most of them are in the form of a dialogue > between Shiva and Parvati. They recommend worship of Shakti, > which is the worshipping the Supreme Brahman as the female > principle. There are three main sub-schools of Tantric path: > Kaula, Mishra and Samaya. > > Samaya-Achara concentrates on the efficient method of worshipping > the goddess as the Divine Mother. Some of the important works in > this field are: Tantraraja Tantra, Subha-Agama-Panchaka and > Parasurama Kalpa-sUtra. > > Aum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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