Guest guest Posted March 19, 2003 Report Share Posted March 19, 2003 > In south India, zrIvaiSNavam and advaitam are philosophies with > little commonality. Visishtadvaita and Advaita are specific philosophies with a textual tradition - geography matters little when evaluating the philosophies. >Yaadavaprakaasar was a Vaishnavaite (most > details about his life that we have are from Srivaishnava sources). > He took diikSai from Raamanuja, and renamed as Govinda Jeeyar > (Note that as an advaitin, Yadavaprakasa tried to kill his student > Ramanuja. But, R. was saved by his cousin by name Govinda. According to Taranaatha, in his "History of Buddhism", Shankara after being repeatedly defeated by Dharmakirti converted to Buddhism and devoted his entire life in repentance for combating Buddhist views. Is this true? Are there any ground realities to indicate such a thing ever happened? Infact history points to something diametrically opposed to such a view - that Shankara was responsible for the demise of Buddhism in India. Sectarian authors generally concoct stories to suit their pet theories - a former opponent who finally "realizes his mistakes and takes up the right cause" is conviniently used in many instances in Indian history - check Kumaarilla's story for instance about his relations with Buddhism and Miimaamsaa. But we have to take all this with a pinch of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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