--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2005, at 5:37 PM, anonymousff wrote: > > > Here is a vaishnava view of Brahma Sutras, Sankara, Brahman, etc. In > > TMO there is a clearly Sankarian worldview and interpretation of > > experiences. Its good to look at things from differnt angles. > > Vaishnavites are ultimately Bhagavatins--so they adhere to the View of > God Consciousness ("GC")--consequently they will have issue with > Badarayana, aka the Brahma sutras. Shankara blasts them for several > fallacies in his comment, but also acknowledges what is correct about > the GC View. In that way Shankara's exposition of GC is considered the > definitive one (certainly from a Shankaracharya Order POV). Vaisnav's > trying to argue from a lower View like "GC" is not only a logical > contradiction, but a losing proposition from ultimate reality. Kinda > funny to hear.
That has been my view most of the time. But, at times, I try to let go of trained world views, path biases, etc., and read other POVs "without prejudice". In reading some Vaisnava writings,at times, I get a flavor of what I hear some allude to -- of "states" / understandings beyond BC -- Krishna Consciousness .... "structures withing the absolute" and all, and I wonder if the vaishnavas are onto something not included in Sankarian worldview. And -- a weak set of rambling points I acknowledge -- Vyasa wrote Brahma Sutras. Vyasa was a Vaishnava. Some hold him as an avatar of Vishnu. And it is said Vyasa "never dropped the body" that it "keeps evolving" along the lines of physical imortality. That could give rise to a nervous system (of "diamonds") that gives rise to "spectacular" insights. Who knows when the process started. Anyway, its interesting that we have a possible incarnation of Vishnu (Vyasa) and a possible incarnation of Shiva (Sankara) -- each the fundamental reality of "everything" -- debating the fundamental reality of "everything". Its kind of funny. Come on Avatars, can't we all just get along? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
