Seven objections to Shankara's advaita raised by Sri Ramanujacharya

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advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

 

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> Namaste, Br. Vinayaka-ji

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> Please go to Message No.1517 dated June 5 1999, entitled "On

> Ramanuja's Seven Untenables" by Shri Sadananda-ji.

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> PraNAms to all advaitins.

> profvk

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Sada-ji Wrote in post no. 1517:

 

My above comments are in no disrespect to Shree Bhagavaan Ramanuja.

Through

his criticisms he bought out the essential aspects of Advaita too for

those

who are keen in understanding the true import of Advaita. I strongly

recommend everyone to study thoroughly Bhagavaan Ramanuja's criticism of

Advaita in his Shree Bhaasya. One has to have an open mind to investigate

thoroughly the objections and the responses. Ultimately the truth is

beyond

intellectual comprehension and that is agreed upon by both systems of

philosophy. It does not matter what Ramanuja says or Shankara says – it is

all objective knowledge of the nature of the reality. Conclusion before

experimentation is unscientific. Given the intellectual convictions as a

basis, one has to discover the truth by one self in oneself as oneself. –

dhyanena atmani pasyanti kechid atmaanam atmanaa – says Krishna – by means

of meditation on the reality one discovers oneself in oneself by oneself.

 

Dear Sada-ji,

 

praNAms,

 

Well said. You have rightly pointed that, points raised by Sri

Ramanujacharya is applicable to his philosophy as well :-) He too has

no option but to tell 'anirvachaniyam' when it comes to why and how.

 

Study of any school of thought basically calls for faith. Generally we

will choose advaita or vishishtadwaita according to our temperament

and predisposition, Guru etc. But we fail miserably to 'know' the

truth until and unless we transcend the cause and the effect. When we

realize it, actualize it then only it is ours not before.

 

Thanks for Prof. VK-ji too for giving ready reference to the questions.

 

Yours in Sri Ramakrishna,

 

Br. Vinayaka