A Strategy for Discussion on the Soundaryalahari Digest

August 21, 2003

Namaste.

While I thank several of the members who have personally written

to me encouraging words of appreciation, I have yet to reply to

some who have raised a few legitimate questions. Some of the

questions raised are:

1. Is Shankara the author of Soundaryalahari?

2. Is the Paramacharya trying to please everybody?

3. The ‘definition’ of truth given in DPDS – 08 is not

acceptable.

4. How can Brahman have a ‘Desire’?

5. Is Soundaryalahari an advaitic work or a religious piece of

devotion?

6. Shall we conclude that the Paramacharya relies on blind

faith rather than logic?

Instead of trying to answer these and similar questions myself I

would recommend them to be raised in the public forum on the

group itself so that interested members may participate in the

discussion. This way we might be paving the way for a useful

discussion on the discourses.

I have also another suggestion to make. The Discourses cover a

wide ground, almost the entire spectrum of religion and

spirituality. It would do us good to read them back and forth

more than once. Many doubts that legitimately arise get cleared

as we go along. And you can depend on the Paramacharya to

anticipate many of our doubts.

Also I must say that the Paramacharya is very lucid in his

presentation. If you find any lack of lucidity or clarity in the

‘Digest’ presented to you, it would only be my fault. I shall be

happy to have a feedback on this aspect so that I can try an

improvement.

PraNAms to all advaitins and Devotees of Mother Goddess.

profvk

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Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

My website on Science and Spirituality is http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and

Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

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