Gita Citations & Sankaracarya

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Part One: Gita Citations &

Sankaracarya<br><br>Dear silent soul,<br><br> Thank you for responding to

the concerns I expressed regarding statements that

appears to me to be very clear expressions of mayavadi

philosophy. I appreciate the comments you have made but I

respectfully disagree. <br><br> There also appears to be some

confusion regarding the verses we have both cited from the

Gita. You have asked me to re-check the records

regarding the verse I cited as 13.28 and I have done so an

find the following: <br><br>samam sarvesu bhutesu

tisthantam paramesvaram<br>vinasyatsv avinasyantam yah

pasyati sa pasyati<br><br> ”One who sees the Supersoul

accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who

understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul within

the destructible body is ever destroyed, actually

sees.´ Bg- 13.28<br><br> I believe this is consistent

with what I originally said so I do not understand why

you seem to feel that this is incorrect. What pray

tell does your Gita say?<br>Then there is the matter

of the verse you have cited as 13.30. I believe you

intention was to cite verse 13.31 which I have provided

below for clarification.<br><br>yada

bhuta-prthag-bhavam eka-stham anupasyati<br>tata eva ca vistaram

brahma sampadyate tada<br><br> “When a sensible man

ceases to see different identities due to different

material bodies and he sees how beings are expanded

everywhere, he attains to the Brahman conception.” - Bg

13.31<br>Finally you have also cited Bg. 14.26 which we do not

seem to have any confusion about which reads as

follows:<br><br>mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena sevate<br>sa

gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate<br><br> “One

who engages in full devotional service unto Me,

unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the

modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of

Brahman.” -Bg 14.26<br><br> Now I shall respectfully submit

the following response to the points you have made in

the body of your text.<br><br> In the Gita verse

14.25 cited above, the key Sanskrit word that we must

acknowledge is “Mam” which is spoken by Krishna and refers

directly to Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Herein we learn that devotional service is the key to

transcendence. There can be no devotion without there being

something or someone to be devoted to. It makes absolutely

no sense for the Brahman to be Devoted to the

Brahman because the dharma of Brahman is that it is like

the ether which pervades everywhere but otherwise has

no distinct characteristics. <br><br>Continue To

Part Two: Sankaracarya = Incarnation Of Shiva