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The worship of Krishna amounts to the same thing as
Phowa at the end. It's basically just prep for the mind.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:07
PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brahma
Sutras, Sankara, Brahman -- a Vaishnava View
--- In [email protected],
Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
>
> On Mar 21, 2005, at 5:37 PM, anonymousff wrote:
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> >
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?
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