That's only because the three are related in terms of emergence. Non-
dual Shaivite Hinduism is likely derived from Zhang Zhung rishi's pre-
Buddhist Mantrayana and Mahasandhi. Advaita Vedanta is a Hindu
reaction to Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka .
One should not confuse advaita with advaya.
On May 8, 2007, at 6:20 PM, matrixmonitor wrote:
--Precisely!. Among the impersonalist viewpoints, one can merge 3
circles into an overlapping area: 1. Saivite Hinduism (TM fits in
here), 2. Buddhism, and 3. Neo-Advaita.
Then refer to the standard Advaita-Vedanta texts, such as that Yoga
Vasistha, Patanjali, Shankara, Ramana Maharshi recorded messages, and
countless Buddhist texts.
Conjectures regarding the nature of the highest, or most powerful
relative entities, such as Brahma, Vishnu, Krishna, Yahweh, etc; are
speculative. IMO, the bottom line is what is the connection to such
entities and PHYSICAL reality? If there's no connection, then
discussions regarding such Personalities are academic. That is,
unless individuals have a real, personal connection to Them on an
inner plane level.
But basically, unless Krishna can give me a good stock market
prediction, I'm not interested in relating to Him.
