Acharya vaibhvam.... - 5- why Vedas and saasthrAs are the only valid authority...

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladseika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Continuing on our earlier discussion: Thus Dwaita,

Advaita and VisishtAdvaita mathams follow the above

doctrines of bhEdha, abhEdha and Ghataka sruthis

respectively.

 

Advaita- Monism is based on AbhEda sruthis;

Dwaita- Dualism is based on bhEda sruthis

VisishtAdvaita- Qualified Monsim based on Ghataka

sruthis (encompassing both bhEdha and abhEdha sruthis)

 

What it ultimately boils down to is the relationship

of the individual self to the Supreme. What is the

relationship? Each of these three has a different

version.. Which one is more correct and accurate?

 

Let it be anyone…so what? why to ask this query first

of all?

 

The reason is to find out that relationship so that we

can know the nature of the way to get rid of these

suffering; the way to realize the Truth and to find

out if at all moksha, the state of final salvation and

attaining Absolute Anandham, is something worth at

all. Go back to my first [or 2nd post- it is

intelligent querying ourselves- else we would be no

different from beasts].

 

Before that why Vedas and saathrAs? Why not see for

yourself and get convinced. Or argue and logically

prove it to me… one may say..

 

The perception and logics have got their own follies

and pitfalls.

 

Sri Sadagopan Swami beautifully has enlisted [from

swamy Desikan’s pradhana sathakam]

There are three pramaanams for gaining the correct

knowledge about the fruits of Moksham and the means to

realize the blessings of Moksham . These four

pramaanams for gaining the correct knowledge on the

above two subjects are : (1) Prathyaksham (2)

Anumaanam and (3) Saasthram or Vedas .

 

Prathyaksham method is to see , touch and hear about

things and get convinced about their reality or

otherwise .

 

Anumaanam is the method by which the reasoning power

is used to arrive at conclusions about subjects that

do not permit the deductions based exclusively on

prathyaksham associated with the sensory perceptions

 

Saasthram is that pramaanam that instructs us on the

fruits of Moksham and the means to attain it , when

the routes of Prathyaksham and anumaanam are not

useful or competent .

 

Thus Saasthram is superior to both Prathyaksham and

anumaanam . Far superior (pradhaanam ) to all of the

above is Vedam since it describes exactly the fruits

gained by the jeevan in parama padham and shows the

correct means to attain moksha siddhi . There is no

saasthram that is superior to Vedam (vEdaath saasthram

param naasthi na dhaivam kesavaath param --Naaradheeya

Puraanam 8.32) .Sage Naaradhaa as a Naaraayana

Paaraayana raises his hands and swears about Vedam

being the pradhanam among all the saasthraas ( Sathyam

sathyam puna: sathyam uddhdhruthya bhujam uchyathe :

Vedaath saasthram param naasthi na dhaivam kesavaath

param ) .

 

Swami Sri Desikan sums it up this way :

paara-loukikapurushaartha -tadhupaayangalai

yatha-vasthithamaaha kaatuhira Vedam pradhaanam . He

says that VEDAM IS THE PRADHAANAM among the PRAMAANAMS

since it alone precisely describes the fruits of

Moksham and the means to attain that supreme

blessing(parama purushaartham).

 

Having been convinced that it is Vedas and Upnaishdads

which are proof and authority for us.. how do we

understand them and which one is right?

 

Tomorrow let us get back to our understanding of

Advaita, Dwaita and Visishtadvaita- which is which and

what the difference is and what are their

characteristics before we jump into further into deep

waters of our sampradayam.

 

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

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