An FYI for Trinity, (and anyone else) For those interested in how krishna-bhakta manifests in the consciousness of an advaita yogin, an excellent resource to read is MadhusUdana Saraswati's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. He interweaves a word-for-word analysis of each Gita verse with many quotes and examples of text from the yogasutras, upanishads and brahmasutras. He wrote extraordinary bhakti text such as the Bhakti-Rasayana but these have not been translated yet. Dr. Lance Nelson, professor and chair of the religion department at UC-San Diego, told me in an email that he is planning to publish some of this material in a book but I haven't seen anything yet. The best translation is: "Madhusudana Sarasvati Bhagavad-Gita: with the annotation Gudhartha-Dipika" Translated by Swami Gambhirananda 1038 page quality hardback for $19.95 (a steal) published by Advaita Ashrama This book is available at: "Vedanta Press and Catalog" www.vedanta.com
t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In [email protected], billy jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read your link. I agree with you entirely. The link in the link is worth reading. So, as an information to Judy, the following might be instructive: 'As an aside, these authors are quite aware that their method is very close to the madhyamaka approach, but they categorically assert brahman as the only absolute, and still find fault with nAgArjuna for not asserting the existence of one absolute.' http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/creation.html There was recently a thread in the Yahoo group Advaitin, regarding the difference between the three major Vedanta philosophies: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advaitin/messages/36214?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1 It led me to the following overview: http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/74.html The thread also mentions 'Madhusudana Saraswati' who was an Advaitin, but also a great Bhakta. We recently had here with Ron and Swami_G the discussion about Non Brahmins non being admitted to the Dandi Swami orders. Well, that Non-Brahmins had access to the 7 other orders finally, was due to the activity of Madhusudana Sarsawati, who was also a great scholar, and this was also the birth of the Naga Babas, the warrior sadhus. It was he who brought the issue that many Sadhus where the victim of islamic faqirs to Akbar, who suggested that Non-Brahmins should be admitted who could fight and carry weapons. As a concession to the orthodox it was determined, that three orders should be excluded from this innovation, among them the Saraswati order. Madhusudana persuaded the Sadhu congregations to follow Akhbars advice. There was also an argument with Ron that Shivananda, being a Saraswati, also initiated Non-Brahmins. I now have read that this tradition has loosened in the south, so, yes Saraswatis in the south can be Non Brahmins, but they can definitely not be Dandi Swamis. Regarding bhakti, Madhusudana Saraswati says : "Duality is Bondage before MOKSHA, and after Realization it is wisdom ! The imaginary duality of BHAKTI is sweeter than even Non- duality!" This may be especially interesting to Vaj who believes that MMY invented Bhagavati Chetana. Nothing could be further from truth! --------------------------------- Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
