On 2/25/2014 3:21 PM, [email protected] wrote:
This article misrepresents the smarta sampradaya.
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We should probably get into the details of this Advaita Vedanta system
and sort it all out, since this is the tradition TMers are supposed to
be interested in. Swami Brahmananda Saraswati the Shankaracharya of
Jyotir Math followed the Smarta tradition. Smartas worship the Supreme
in one of six forms - that's where the TMer bija mantras come from.
So, let's review what we know:
The Sanskrit word "Smarta" is derived from "smriti" - "what is
remembered by human teachers." The Smarta Sampradaya follows the Advaita
Vedanta philosophy, the tradition of the Adi Shankaracharya. The
Sringeri Sharada monastery founded by Adi Shankara Acharya in Karnataka
is headquarters of the sect. According to Smartism, the supreme reality,
Brahman, transcends all of the various forms of personal deity and God
is both Saguna and Nirguna Brahman.
