Guest guest Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 HARI AUM Shree Gopalakrishna's mail: " A real Bhakta need not worry about Advaita, Dwaita, visishta-advaita, Jainism, Buddhism, etc. All these divisions do not help in any way except dividing us. As we all know, Brahman, God without form, otherwise known as the " Whole Indivisible " is unique and without a second. Then why break our head with all these petty sub-divisions " -pertains to the beliefs of Adwaita philosophy. But those who have other beliefs, may not accept this. For them God is a totally different entity and the most he can wish is to get to heaven and enjoy it with him. Shree Sunil explains this as : " First of all, everyone is right! Yes, from your > own view points - because there is no common view > point. " He continues: " Hinduism consists of several schools of thought > and Vaishnavism is ONE OF THE principal divisions. " His conclusion sets the doubts clear: " While other schools like Advaitism encourage > people to interpret the Vedas philosophically and > metaphorically but not too literally, Vaishnavism > stresses the literal meaning as primary and indirect > meaning as secondary. For example, according to > Vaishnava theology, atman is not Brahman and Moksha > doesn't " Anyways it is interesting to indulge in such esoteric discussions once in a while, especially when the participatns are fairly knowledgable about these matters. Regards Balagopal NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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