Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev, the model of enlightenment (was: far more "quality" posts now.

[Vaj]

On Feb 3, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Premanand Paul Mason wrote: Vaj, What do you see in the differences between Smarta & Sri Vidhya  that make you think that Guru Dev would have had trouble reconciling  the two systems? I don't think he would have had any trouble whatsoever of reconciling them--Shankaracharyin insitutions have a long history of a double standard (Vedic AND Tantric) as does Hinduism in general. What I am suggesting is that the public teaching of "SBS-as-Shankaracharya" is different from the private teaching of SBS to other renunciates. As a case and point, look at Sw. Rama's meeting with him. He teaches him the form of tantric (Sri Vidya) practice he is doing. In accepting the position of Shankaracharya, one then preaches the Shankara party line. Therefore his public speeches at the time of Shankaracharya-ship reflects that role. What do we know of pre-Shank. public lectures? More importantly, what do we know of the *private* teachings, the pith instructions he gave? The fact that many of the lectures we have could be from the Shank-period could filter what we are seeing/hearing and thus be different what his own personal teaching would be. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.