Hearty Welcome to Sri Siddhartha Krishana to Advaitin

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Namaste:

 

It is my pleasure to welcome Sri Siddhartha Krishan to the Advaitin List. I

have sent an invitation to him few days back and we are greatful that he

agreed to join. I believe that the list will greatly benefit from his

scholarship and I am looking forward to his active participation in our

discussions.

 

warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

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Siddhartha Krishna's Introductory Message

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shankaram shankaraacaaryam keshavam baadaraayanam.

suutra-bhaashya-kritau vande bhagavantau punah punah.

 

Jayatu jayatu shaankarii-brahma-vidyaa sadaiva jayatu jayatu

kevalaadvaita-vedaanta-saarah.

jayatu jayatu shankaro shankaro bhaashyakaarah jayatu jayatu

kevalaadvaitasuuchikaa panditaanaam.

 

(Triumph to the Brahma-vidya as preached by Bhagavan Shri Shankaracharya,

triumph to the kevalaadvaita-siddhaanta, which is the essence of Vedanta,

the Upanishads.

 

Triumph to the Bhashyakara Shankara, who is the supreme peacemaker, and

triumph to Kevalaadvaita-List of great scholars)

 

Dear Atman,

 

Om Namo Narayanaya,

 

I have studied Bhagavan Bhashyakara's Prasthana-traya-bhashyam, along with

Ananda Giri's commentary (Govindananda's on Brahma-sutra Bhashya) and the

Givonda-Prasaadini Tippanis of Bhashya-parishkarta Swami Vishnudevananda.

 

At present I'm studying Bhamati on Brahma-sutra and Rig-veda (with

Sayana's commentary).

 

I have a very great regard for saampradaayika-adhyayana, as I always

remember Bhagavan Bhashyakara's saying, "asampradaayavit

sarvashaastravidapi muurkhavadupekshaniyah" (a person not studied with a

sampradaaya-parampara, even though scholar of all the scriptures, should

be avoided as a fool) GitaBh. 13-3.

 

I can say this very proudly for myself, because I myself studied the whole

Prasthana-traya-bhaashya (with tika-tippana) from my teacher H. H.

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vidyananda Giri Ji Maharaja, Kailas Ashram

Brahmavidyaa Peeth, Rishikesh. Our tradition is directly 120 years old,

and great saints like Swami Vivekananda, Swami Shivananda and Swami

Ramatirtha came to our traditional scholars (in Kailas Ashram) and studied

Brahma-vidya from them.

 

Swami Vishwarupananda ji introduced me to this list, therefore I would

like to join it and would like very much to discuss points of

Prasthana-traya-bhaashya with other sholars.

 

Thank you very much

 

advaita-raaddhaanta-vic-caraNa-cancariika,

 

Siddhartha Krishna