Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Namaste! Tony mentioned the Srimad Bhagavatam, so I went to take a look. I found this website http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/ by the indefatigable Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupâda of Hare Krishna fame. Here is an excerpt from the Introduction. Note that 'impersonalism' refers to Advaita and 'philosophy of emptiness' refers to Mahayana. So when I try to find common ground between these two similar traditions, we should remember that there are others out there who want to shoot us both down! I find that amusing. (Some people just don't like abstraction. But how else to discuss the Ultimate?) Notice how 'lonely' it is to be just the Self! Next month's topic? Notice also how dangerous it is to be a 'philosopher' (especially an 'advanced' one) or a 'theologian'. "It is a brilliant story that has been brought to the West by Swami Bhaktivedânta Prabhupâda, a Caitanya Vaishnava, a bhakti (devotional) monk of Lord Vishnu [the name for the transcendental form of Lord Krishna] who undertook the daring task of enlightening the materialist westerners as well as the advanced philosophers and theologians, in order to help them to overcome the perils and loneliness of impersonalism and the philosophy of emptiness. " Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Ah! Who's my friend? My enemy's enemy! --Greg At 03:39 PM 6/23/2003 -0400, Benjamin Root wrote: >Namaste! > >Tony mentioned the Srimad Bhagavatam, so I went to take a look. I >found this website > >http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/ > >by the indefatigable Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupâda of Hare Krishna >fame. Here is an excerpt from the Introduction. Note that >'impersonalism' refers to Advaita and 'philosophy of emptiness' >refers to Mahayana. So when I try to find common ground between >these two similar traditions, we should remember that there are >others out there who want to shoot us both down! I find that >amusing. (Some people just don't like abstraction. But how else to >discuss the Ultimate?) > >Notice how 'lonely' it is to be just the Self! Next month's topic? > >Notice also how dangerous it is to be a 'philosopher' (especially an >'advanced' one) or a 'theologian'. > >"It is a brilliant story that has been brought to the West by Swami >Bhaktivedânta Prabhupâda, a Caitanya Vaishnava, a bhakti >(devotional) monk of Lord Vishnu [the name for the transcendental >form of Lord Krishna] who undertook the daring task of >enlightening the materialist westerners as well as the advanced >philosophers and theologians, in order to help them to overcome the >perils and loneliness of impersonalism and the philosophy of >emptiness. " > >Om! >Benjamin > > >Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. >Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ >To Post a message send an email to : advaitin >Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > >Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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