Guest guest Posted July 10, 2001 Report Share Posted July 10, 2001 I am forwarding the response I received from Shree Krishna Kashyap on the questions raised by Shree Sunder. Although Krishna has included advaitin list address, I am not sure it gets posted since he is not the member of the list. If you see this post twice my apologies. Krishna- there was also a question raised in this list whether Bhagavaan Ramanuja has written any bhaashya-s on the upanishads. The current understanding in the list is that he wrote only on Vedanta suutra and Bhagavad Geeta. I know Shree Vedanta Deshika has written commentary on Ishaavaasya. Any clarification for the benefit of the members of the list. Hari Om! Sadananada >"Krishna Kalale" <kkalale1 >"K. Sadananda" <sada, <advaitin> >RE: Re: Upanishadic traditons >Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:46:45 -0700 >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >Importance: Normal > >Namaste, > > > >To my understanding there are no mahavakyas in the visistadvaita or >dvaita sampradaya. Mahavakyas are accepted in the Advaita >tradition. There are several books which deal with the mahavakyas >but may not be in an orderly manner. Dr. NS Anantharangachar of >bangalore taught me "tat tvam asi" from different schools of thought >for 30 days 3 hours each! About 10 years back. Rangaramanuja >bhasyas on upanisads deal with these vakyas from visistadvaitic >perspective. I am sure several works from advaita deal with these >in detail. There is ample literature on this from major schools >since these are the main points of controversy. But to my knowledge >there is no single text book which does this comparison. > > > >there is an English /Kannada book) written by Prof. Naranachar. I >have 20 or 30 of copies of this book - this book is a little too >critical for ordinary consumption. The name is "tattvamasi and >netineti" as per three schools of thought). I will be glad to mail >you these books for $10 (includes postage in USA). > > > >However, > > > >Three books : > > > >The philosophy of Vedanta sutras - according to Samkara Ramuja & >Madhva - SMS Chari ( in print) > >The philosophy of Upanisads - according to Samkara Ramuja & >Madhva - SMS Chari (will be published shortly) > >The philosophy of Bhagavadgita - according to Samkara Ramuja & >Madhva - SMS Chari ( currently being written) > > > >Give a reader ample scope to contemplate on the differences between >the three main schools of thought. It is written in a fairly >impartial manner. > > > >I was told that there were several Sanskrit and vernacular books on >this subject that are not available (easily) > >. As per pundits, the other schools of Vedanta have borrowed many a >thought from these three main schools. > > > > >Asmadgurubhyo namah > > > >Krishna Kashyap > > > > > > >K. Sadananda [sada] >Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:04 AM >advaitin >Cc: kkalale1 > Re: Upanishadic traditons > > > >Sunder, as I understand only Adviata gives more importance to >j~naanam as the moksha saadhakam and hence the emphasis on >mahavaakya-s. In the other two, Bhakti involving sharaNaagati with >upaasana is emphasized while j~naanam that involves understanding of >the organic relation between jiiva and parabrahman is intermediary >step that instigates true bhakti as moksha saadhana. I am >forwarding your question to Shree Krishna Kashyap who can provide a >better answer from vishishhTaadvaita point. > > > >Hari Om! > >Sadananda > > > > > >Namaste, > > That leads me to the next question: Are there other >'mahaavaakya'-s that the non-advaita schools adopt? > >Regards, > >s. > > >advaitin, "K. Sadananda" <sada@a...> wrote: >> >Namaste, >> > >> > Is there a work available [preferably on the web!] where the >> >different schools are compared and contrasted ONLY on the 4 >> >'mahaa-vaakya'-s ? >> > >> >Thanks. >> > >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> >s. >> > >> >> To answer your question, I do not think so, at lest I am not aware >of >> it. They are considered as Mahavaakya-s mostly by Adviatins and not >> by others. In fact for tat tvam asi - they add 'a' to make it >> negative - atat tvam asi swetaketo! as you are not that! - >> > > > I will ask Shreeman S.M.Sreenivasa Chari when he visits here. He > > > will be giving talks on Comparison of the three matams. We are >> having his lectures from July 21st to 27th. >> >> Hari Om! > > > Sadananda > >-- >K. Sadananda >Code 6323 >Naval Research Laboratory >Washington D.C. 20375 >Voice (202)767-2117 >Fax:(202)767-2623 -- K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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