Madhvacharya discussion

[Guest guest]

Dear members,

 

I joined this group because I felt that other groups

did not really satisfy me. I thought that this group

is meant to discuss siddhanta and I was right. I

received my first digest yesterday and it was

brilliant, exactly what I was looking for. I will tell

my fellow devotees about this club.

 

In any case, I read a few of the postings about the

Tattvavadi viewpoints, and I am going to read all the

postings soon.

 

In the meantime I would like to contribute my two

cent's worth.

 

Being a regular attendee at Bhaktivedanta Manor, I

heard that a debate too place in India recently

between some Tattvavadis and Gaudiya Vaishnavas. I

have not heard about the outcome of the debate or who

exactly participated, but the subject was generally

about the validity of the Gaudiya lineage.

 

I was surfing the Net recently and I came across this:

http://www.gosai.com/dvaita/madhvacarya/index.html

 

Apologies for providing a Gaudiya Math website, as we

are strictly children of Srila Prabhupada, but I felt

the knowledge was good and worth reading at least to

attain some strength and enlivenment.

 

Haribol, Sanjay

 

(MODERATOR NOTE: I personally do not have a problem with Gaudiya Math material

appearing on achintya, because as followers of Srila Prabhupada we are taught to

think and evaluate everything according to shaastra. This is not a strictly

ISKCON-only forum. Actually, even Gaudiya Math followers are welcome here, and I

encourage them to speak up also. However, the important point is that no one is

immune from having his views questioned and examined according to guru, saadhu,

shaastra. Wherever a doubt exists regarding the validity of a particular

commentary or interpretation, and no other evidence exists to the contrary, we

give preference for Srila Prabhupada's interpretation. That is my bias, since I

consider myself a follower of Srila Prabhupada's paramparaa. But if someone has

doubts about Srila Prabhupada's commentaries, we can discuss that also, provided

that the discussion stays polite, scripturally-based, and non-political.

Brahminical culture, which Srila Prabhupada exemplified, requires that we

discuss things in this way. Srila Prabhupada himself said in his Bhagavad-gita

purports that religion without philosophy is merely sentiment, or even

fanaticism. I want for Achintya to try to live up to that spirit. -- Krishna

Susarla)

 

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"Radha-Krishna prana mora jugala-kisora, jivane marane gati aro nahi mora."

 

"The divine couple, Sri Radha and Krsna, are my life and soul. In life or death

I have no other refuge but Them."

 

-- Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna,

 

achintya, Sanjay Dadlani <dark_knight_9> wrote:

> I was surfing the Net recently and I came across this:

> http://www.gosai.com/dvaita/madhvacarya/index.html

>

> Apologies for providing a Gaudiya Math website, as we

> are strictly children of Srila Prabhupada, but I felt

> the knowledge was good and worth reading at least to

> attain some strength and enlivenment.

 

Clarification: This is actually a URL from the website of the

Narasimha-Chaitanya Math, of which I admittedly know little but I

believe it is a daughter organization from GM (or a "sister"

organization to ISKCON). Actually, I have been in correspondence with

the devotee who put up those essays (if I remember right his name is

something like B.V. Giri Swami), and I have even provided some

material and suggestions. They are interested in completely refuting

some of the allegations made against our sampradaaya by the followers

of Madhva who are on the internet. Frankly, I find that to be a noble

undertaking, and I feel that this forum also is appropriate for those

kinds of discussions.

 

your servant,

 

Krishna Susarla

[Guest guest]

>Being a regular attendee at Bhaktivedanta Manor, I

>heard that a debate too place in India recently

>between some Tattvavadis and Gaudiya Vaishnavas. I

>have not heard about the outcome of the debate or who

>exactly participated, but the subject was generally

>about the validity of the Gaudiya lineage.

 

HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja related in public last month in ISKCON

Mayapur that when he recently visited Udupi, the current head of the

Maadhvas (Pejawar Swamiji, if I am not mistaken), declared that ISKCON

is bona fide as members of the Madhva-sampradaaya. Pejawar Swamiji also

reportedly stated that Vaadiraaja Tiirtha, who was a later head of the

Maadhva community, was influenced by Shrii K.ri.sh.na Chaitanya. Now,

Pejawar Swamiji's statements weren't recorded, as far as I know.

 

One of my devotee-friends from Bangalore also stated that the same

Swami also stated in a Kannada journal that the lineage of the Gau.

diiya Vai.sh.navas from Madhavendra Puri onwards are bona fide members

of the Madhva-sampradaaya.

 

I thought this might be interesting to you...

 

YS,

VGDas