[Advaita-l] Nachiketa-God Yama

[Abhishek RK]

Namaste,
It is actually "Exalting Elucidations". 

Dhanyavadah,
Abhishek

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On Apr 7, 2005 6:47 PM, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
<rama.balasubramanian at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's true (did you see this in "The Jagadguru Replies"?) and also
> happens to be the standard mImA.nsA position on "stories" in the veda.
> I won't go into the reasons here. Sha.nkara also agrees with that. But
> in story of nachiketa and yama, the position is that it was not an
> actual happening which is being narrated in the upanishad. I.e., only
> the historicity is denied. But the story does illustrate certain
> points, namely that devas can be enlightened, necessity of
> concentration, necessity of a guru, etc. That the stories can
> **illustrate certain key points inspite of not being real incidents is
> indeed accepted**.
> 
> Rama
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