Guest guest Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 A short profile of mine with an outline of the author's introduction Vishnu Suri A great scholar in Advaita siddhanta and a great tantrika. While the ubhaya namaskarah in the namaka patha (saluting twice in namaka patha) indicates the salutions to the two forms of Siva. One is ghora siva (fierce aspect of rudra) and the other is aghora siva (benevolent / calmness of siva). Since, Rudra is the Agni tattva (rudro va eshad agnih), he is also identified with antariksha-abhimAni devata that moves along with Thunder & Lightening. His ghora tanuh is in the form of storms, lightening, thunder, heavy winds and also in the form of famine. The ativriShTi and anAvriShTi are the aspects of ghora rudra. The Lord of Calamities, Famine etc. The benevolent aspect is the calm, poised and ever intent upon blessing & protecting the devotees. Interpretation of aghora & ghora tanuh of rudra by Vishnu Suri: The bhashya of Vishnu Suri for these ghora & aghora tanuh of Rudra is thought-provoking. The antahkaraNAs that have bahirmukha pravritti is said to be the ghora tanuh and the antahkaraNAs having antarmukha pravritti is said to be aghora tanuh of Rudra. In the mantra namo hiraNyabAhavE...., Vishnu suri takes the word hiraNya to be sukla bindu and bAhu to be the creative power that helps in the srishti yajna. Bhatta Bhaskara A great stallwart of Mimamsa and Srauta Karma Kanda, who happens to belong to Saiva siddhanta / Sankhya siddhanta as he doesnot agree to shuddhAdvaita of Sankara Bhagavatpada. He says " brahmaNah scha trINi rUpANi " saying the brahma tattva has 3 forms. Also does not agree with " brahma satyam jagan mithya " and " jiva-brahmAikya " vAda. Abhinava Sankara A staunch follower of advaita siddhanta and a renunciate in the order of dasanami order. Whereabouts are not traceable. The rudra bhashya of this scholar is pro-advaitic and it is he who mentions the " prophesy " in shatarudriya. Unfortunately, HE DOES NOT MENTION WHO WOULD BE THE AVATARA IN THE FORM OF " VANCHATE " , " PARIVANCHATE " , PUNJISHTEBHYAH, NISHADEBHYAH, TASKARANAMPATI etc. In the mantra " saspinjarAya.....pathInAm pataye namah " , Abhinava Sankara refutes the various tantric sects like kApAlika, shAkta, bhairava, pAncharAtra, pAshupata etc. He says all these avaidika siddhantas were propagated by Siva to deceive the upasakas from sanmArga. And hence, the vaidika matAnuyAyis belonging to vaidika marga should adopt the vaidika marga and not the tantra marga which leads to bhraShTatva. Thus spoke Abhinava Sankara. Vidyaranya Muni I think most of the people are aware of this bhashya. Skandasvami Bhashya If anybody is having kindly share with me with regards, sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > Abhinava Sankara > > A staunch follower of advaita siddhanta and a renunciate in the order of dasanami order. Whereabouts are not traceable. > > The rudra bhashya of this scholar is pro-advaitic and it is he who mentions the " prophesy " in shatarudriya. > > Unfortunately, HE DOES NOT MENTION WHO WOULD BE THE AVATARA IN THE FORM OF " VANCHATE " , " PARIVANCHATE " , PUNJISHTEBHYAH, NISHADEBHYAH, TASKARANAMPATI etc. > > In the mantra " saspinjarAya.....pathInAm pataye namah " , Abhinava Sankara refutes the various tantric sects like > kApAlika, shAkta, bhairava, pAncharAtra, pAshupata etc. > > He says all these avaidika siddhantas were propagated by Siva to >deceive the upasakas from sanmArga. And hence, the vaidika > matAnuyAyis belonging to vaidika marga should adopt the vaidika marga and not the tantra marga which leads to bhraShTatva. > > Thus spoke Abhinava Sankara. May be this is something different from Abhinava Shankara because that looks more like cheap uninformed talk than a commentary? Typical prejudiced nonsense which is better put in a trash can. No better than a thoroughly deluded christian missionary! The skanda bhAShya from the shiva rahasya gives the following meaning for " namaH saspi~njarAya...: " Our salutations to you who are reddish yellow like rows of tender grass-shoots, whose body is spotless and brilliant and who are pure consciousness or knowledge that is self -luminous. We also bow to you, the master of those who know the various worldly paths and the very many procedures outlined in the vedas, or the paths known as Dhuma and Archis or the master of those like Brahma and such others who could see you in sacrifices (as the guardian deity) " dhUma is smoke and archis.h is something like light or fire/flame. Can someone elaborate on " paths known as dhUma and archis " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 reg. dhuma marga & archira marga, refer the name of LS " savyApasavya mArgasthA " of Bhaskaraya. These two paths have been discussed in Chandogya Upanishad. Kindly refer. I think long back heated discussion on these 2 paths have occured in the forum. Also my posts on the " 2 paths in chandi sapthasathi " . The two characters in Devi Mahatmyam suratha - the king and samadhi - the merchant represent these two paths of upasana. regs, sriram , " Satish " <satisharigela wrote: > > , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi@> wrote: > > Abhinava Sankara > > > > A staunch follower of advaita siddhanta and a renunciate in the order of dasanami order. Whereabouts are not traceable. > > > > The rudra bhashya of this scholar is pro-advaitic and it is he who mentions the " prophesy " in shatarudriya. > > > > Unfortunately, HE DOES NOT MENTION WHO WOULD BE THE AVATARA IN THE FORM OF " VANCHATE " , " PARIVANCHATE " , PUNJISHTEBHYAH, NISHADEBHYAH, TASKARANAMPATI etc. > > > > In the mantra " saspinjarAya.....pathInAm pataye namah " , Abhinava Sankara refutes the various tantric sects like > > kApAlika, shAkta, bhairava, pAncharAtra, pAshupata etc. > > > > He says all these avaidika siddhantas were propagated by Siva to >deceive the upasakas from sanmArga. And hence, the vaidika > > matAnuyAyis belonging to vaidika marga should adopt the vaidika marga and not the tantra marga which leads to bhraShTatva. > > > > Thus spoke Abhinava Sankara. > > May be this is something different from Abhinava Shankara because that looks more like cheap uninformed talk than a commentary? > > Typical prejudiced nonsense which is better put in a trash can. > No better than a thoroughly deluded christian missionary! > > > The skanda bhAShya from the shiva rahasya gives the following meaning for " namaH saspi~njarAya...: > > " Our salutations to you who are reddish yellow like rows of tender grass-shoots, whose body is spotless and brilliant and who are pure consciousness or knowledge that is self -luminous. We also bow to you, the master of those who know the various worldly paths and the very many procedures outlined in the vedas, or the paths known as Dhuma and Archis or the master of those like Brahma and such others who could see you in sacrifices (as the guardian deity) " > > dhUma is smoke and archis.h is something like light or fire/flame. > Can someone elaborate on " paths known as dhUma and archis " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 A cut-copy-paste from my post on Devayana & Pitriyana Marga Article: Samadhi attains the Salvation and Suradha is born again as the Manu. Samadhi achieves the Devayana or Achiradai Marga which is called the " Path of Light " . And Suradha achieves the Dhuma or Pitriyana Marga which is called the " Path of Darkness " . THE PATH OF LIGHT / ACHIRADI MARGA (DEVAYANA) The Devayana path or Northern path or the path of light is the path by which the Yogins go to Brahman. This path leads to salvation. This path takes the devotee to Brahmaloka. Having reached the path of the gods he comes to the world of Agni, to the world of Vayu, to the world of Varuna, to the world of Indra, to the world of Prajapati, to the world of Brahman. This is the path of light; this is the path of freedom; this is the path of liberation. THE PATH OF DARKNESS / DHUMA MARGA (PITRIYANA) The Pitriyana path or the path of darkness or the path of ancestors leads to rebirth. Those who do sacrifices to gods and other charitable works with expectation of fruits go to the Chandraloka through this path and come back to this world when their fruits of Karmas are exhausted. There are smoke and dark-coloured objects throughout the course. There is no illumination when one passes along this path. It is reached by Avidya or ignorance. Hence it is called the path of darkness or smoke. The dark path is to the Pitris or forefathers. In this path, sadhakas do the Karma of sacrifices or charitable acts with expectation of fruits. This is the path of Bondage. The path of Devayana or the path of light leads to Moksha and the path of darkness to Samsara or the world of births and deaths. This Devayana Marga is called Savya Marga and Pitriyana Marga is called Apasavya Marga. With regards, sriram , " Satish " <satisharigela wrote: > > , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi@> wrote: > > Abhinava Sankara > > > > A staunch follower of advaita siddhanta and a renunciate in the order of dasanami order. Whereabouts are not traceable. > > > > The rudra bhashya of this scholar is pro-advaitic and it is he who mentions the " prophesy " in shatarudriya. > > > > Unfortunately, HE DOES NOT MENTION WHO WOULD BE THE AVATARA IN THE FORM OF " VANCHATE " , " PARIVANCHATE " , PUNJISHTEBHYAH, NISHADEBHYAH, TASKARANAMPATI etc. > > > > In the mantra " saspinjarAya.....pathInAm pataye namah " , Abhinava Sankara refutes the various tantric sects like > > kApAlika, shAkta, bhairava, pAncharAtra, pAshupata etc. > > > > He says all these avaidika siddhantas were propagated by Siva to >deceive the upasakas from sanmArga. And hence, the vaidika > > matAnuyAyis belonging to vaidika marga should adopt the vaidika marga and not the tantra marga which leads to bhraShTatva. > > > > Thus spoke Abhinava Sankara. > > May be this is something different from Abhinava Shankara because that looks more like cheap uninformed talk than a commentary? > > Typical prejudiced nonsense which is better put in a trash can. > No better than a thoroughly deluded christian missionary! > > > The skanda bhAShya from the shiva rahasya gives the following meaning for " namaH saspi~njarAya...: > > " Our salutations to you who are reddish yellow like rows of tender grass-shoots, whose body is spotless and brilliant and who are pure consciousness or knowledge that is self -luminous. We also bow to you, the master of those who know the various worldly paths and the very many procedures outlined in the vedas, or the paths known as Dhuma and Archis or the master of those like Brahma and such others who could see you in sacrifices (as the guardian deity) " > > dhUma is smoke and archis.h is something like light or fire/flame. > Can someone elaborate on " paths known as dhUma and archis " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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