Guest guest Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 The AtmavidyA-vilAsa is an ecstatic outpouring of the great jIvanmukta and yogin, Sri sadASiva brahmendra. In the book 'Yoga, Enlightenment and Perfection' which has been referred to in several posts earlier in this group, His Holiness Jagadguru Sri abhinava vidyAtIrtha swami, the previous pontiff of the Shringeri ShArada pITham says: " My paramaguru had great faith in reading AtmavidyAvilAsa on every pradosha day. My guru, too, had that practice. Contemplation on the verses of that poem gives, to a great extent, the experience of the Atman " . The Sanskrit text in devanagari script is given at http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf. An English translation of the verses is given at http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidyavilasa.htm S.N.Sastri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Thank you Shri. Sastriji. Unfortunately, the link for Sanskrit text in devanagiri script did not work. I found the following alternate link. http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/texts/AtmavidyAvilAsaH_mUlam.pdf Regards. Jan Nagraj advaitin , " S.N. Sastri " <sn.sastri wrote: > > The AtmavidyA-vilAsa is an ecstatic outpouring of the great jIvanmukta and > yogin, Sri sadASiva brahmendra. > The Sanskrit text in devanagari script is given at > http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf. > An English translation of the verses is given at > http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidyavilasa.htm > > S.N.Sastri > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 advaitin , " jannagraj " <jannagraj wrote: > > Thank you Shri. Sastriji. Unfortunately, the link for Sanskrit text > in devanagiri script did not work. The link will work if the period after pdf is removed! http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf. Correct - http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Thank you, Shri Nagraj, The period after pdf was a slip. Thanks for pointing it out. Regards, S.N.Sastri In advaitin , " jannagraj " <jannagraj wrote: > > Thank you Shri. Sastriji. Unfortunately, the link for Sanskrit text > in devanagiri script did not work. I found the following alternate > link. > > http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/texts/AtmavidyAvilAsaH_mUlam.pdf > > Regards. > Jan Nagraj > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 namaste (1). are there any other granthas written by sri Sadashiva brahmendra saraswathi swamiji apart from athma vidya vilasa? as I was told that, even he had written noble works on advaitha vedantha which are just like advaitha siddhi of sri madhusudhana saraswathi, is it true? if yes, could you kindly tell me the names of those works (2). has Adi Shankaracharya ever mentioned bedha shruthis as ATATVA VADIKA and rejected them? because i had read (content shown below) about this by a dvaithi asserting these things in one of the posts... { *Upajivya concept* Also there are cases when the UPAJIVYA concept comes. While interpretating the shruti meanings : When Pratyaksha and anumana become " Upajivya " to a Shruti, then the Prabhalatva of the Shruti depends on either the " Pratyaksha " or " anumana " . if either the " Upajivya " parts --> " Pratyaksha " or " anumana " stands invalid then the corresponding Prabhalatva of the Shruti also gets affected. Here the Shruti is not affected. but the REASON to interpret the Shruti in a particular WAY changes. like for example the advaitins say that all BEDA shrutis are merely anuvadaka(mere reptition) hence they called it Atatva-vedaka. for which they place the following arguments. 1. difference (bheda) is known by Pratyaksha. 2. Difference is known by Anumana. Point(1) does not stand valid becos for difference to be known , then 2 parties Brahman and jeeva should also be known. We cant know brahman( party 1) by Pratyaksha {only Jeeva ( party 2) is known} Hence when Brahman (super-sensory, aprakrtica entity) cant be percieved with jeevas (prakratica,sensory limitation). Brahman cant be established by Pratyaksha. Secondly, Point (2) is also not valid becos if logic is used to prove difference then the same logic can be used to disprove difference also.(aikya-vada). Hence Brahman is known By AGAMA ( VEDA) only. By this example we observe that Pratyaksha and anumana cant be " upajivyas " to determine " difference btw jeeva & brahman " hence Bheda Shrutis are NOT ANUVADAKA ( mere repetition) and should Never be called Atatvavedaka. When Shrutis as Valid Eternal Truth, then all verses of shrutis are also Valid Eternal Truth. Rejecting some portions by naming it as " Atatva-vedaka ( useless ) " and accepting other portions as " Tatva-vedaka ( useful) " is NEVER acceptable. } thanks Narendra On Feb 3, 2008 9:13 PM, S.N. Sastri <sn.sastri wrote: > The AtmavidyA-vilAsa is an ecstatic outpouring of the great jIvanmukta > and > > http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf. > An English translation of the verses is given at > http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidyavilasa.htm > > S.N.Sastri > > [ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 advaitin , " narendra sastry " <narendra.sastry wrote: > > namaste > > (1). are there any other granthas written by sri Sadashiva brahmendra > saraswathi swamiji apart from athma vidya vilasa? as I was told that, even > he had written noble works on advaitha vedantha which are just like advaitha > siddhi of sri madhusudhana saraswathi, is it true? if yes, could you kindly > tell me the names of those works My answer-- Sadasiva Brahmendra has written other works, such as a commentary on Brahmasutra and a commentary on Patanjali's yoga sutras. You can get details of his works from the article 'Sadasiva Brahmendra sarasvati' in the book 'Preceptors of Advaita ' published by Samata Books, Chennai. As is well known, he has composed a large number of devotional songs which are very popular. He does not seem to have written any works similar to Advaitasiddhi where the views of other schools are refuted. You are probably confusing with Brahmananda who has written a commentary on Avaitasiddhi. Details about him are also avaialble in the same book. > > (2). has Adi Shankaracharya ever mentioned bedha shruthis as ATATVA VADIKA > and rejected them? > because i had read (content shown below) about this by a dvaithi asserting > these things in one of the posts... > > { > *Upajivya concept* Also there are cases when the UPAJIVYA concept comes. > > While interpretating the shruti meanings : > > When Pratyaksha and anumana become " Upajivya " to a Shruti, then the > Prabhalatva of the Shruti depends on either the " Pratyaksha " or " > anumana " . > > if either the " Upajivya " parts --> " Pratyaksha " or " anumana " stands > invalid then the corresponding Prabhalatva of the Shruti also gets affected. > > Here the Shruti is not affected. but the REASON to interpret the Shruti in a > particular WAY changes. > > like for example the advaitins say that all BEDA shrutis are merely > anuvadaka(mere reptition) hence they called it Atatva-vedaka. > > for which they place the following arguments. > > 1. difference (bheda) is known by Pratyaksha. > 2. Difference is known by Anumana. > > Point(1) does not stand valid becos for difference to be known , then 2 > parties Brahman and jeeva should also be known. > > We cant know brahman( party 1) by Pratyaksha {only Jeeva ( party 2) is > known} > > Hence when Brahman (super-sensory, aprakrtica entity) cant be percieved with > jeevas (prakratica,sensory limitation). Brahman cant be established by > Pratyaksha. > > Secondly, Point (2) is also not valid becos if logic is used to prove > difference then the same logic can be used to disprove difference > also.(aikya-vada). > > Hence Brahman is known By AGAMA ( VEDA) only. > > By this example we observe that Pratyaksha and anumana cant be " upajivyas " > to determine " difference btw jeeva & brahman " > > hence Bheda Shrutis are NOT ANUVADAKA ( mere repetition) and should Never be > called Atatvavedaka. > > When Shrutis as Valid Eternal Truth, then all verses of shrutis are also > Valid Eternal Truth. > > Rejecting some portions by naming it as " Atatva-vedaka ( useless ) " and > accepting other portions as " Tatva-vedaka ( useful) " is NEVER acceptable. thanks > Narendra Ahswer:-- These questions do not fall within the scope of this forum which is intended only to discuss Advaita vedanta and not to refute the obkjections of other schools. However, since you have asked this question, I am answering it. The dvaitins are in the habit of going on repeating the same objections, even though they have already been fully answered centuries ago by Madhusudana Sarasvati and others. You can find this point dealt with on pages 378 to 396 of Advaitasiddhi published by Tara Publications Varanasi, in Sanskrit. The English translation of these pages is available from pages 123 onwards of the English Translation of Advaitasiddhi by Ganganath Jha, published by Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi. Obviously this is a vast subject and cannot be explained in a post in this forum. S.N.Sastri > > } > > > > > > > > > > [ > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Dear Shri Shastriji Saadar PraNAm I tried the link given in the post for the Sanskrit text in DevnAgari script. The message I got was that the " page was not found " . Kindly give the correct link and oblige. Thanks. Deepak. List Moderator: Here is the correct link! http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Shri Deepakji, The correct link has been given by the List Moderator. In my post I had put a full-stop at the end by mistake. If this full-stop is removed, the link works. Sorry for the trouble. S.N.Sastri On 2/6/08, deepakvc <deepakvc wrote: > > Dear Shri Shastriji > Saadar PraNAm > > I tried the link given in the post for the Sanskrit text in DevnAgari > script. The message I got was that the " page was not found " . > Kindly give the correct link and oblige. > Thanks. > > Deepak. > > List Moderator: Here is the correct link! > http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/atmavidya.pdf > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 advaitin , " snsastri " <sn.sastri wrote: > > advaitin , " narendra sastry " > <narendra.sastry@> wrote: > > > > (1). are there any other granthas written by sri Sadashiva > brahmendra > > saraswathi swamiji apart from athma vidya vilasa? as I was told > that, even > > he had written noble works on advaitha vedantha which are just > like advaitha > > siddhi of sri madhusudhana saraswathi, is it true? if yes, could > you kindly > > tell me the names of those works Namaste, Prof. V.K. has a full page at his web-site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2952/gohitvip/sadasiva.html Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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