[Advaita-l] Books by SK Ramachandra Rao

[Ramesh Krishnamurthy]

namaskAraH,

My thanks to Sri Stig Lundgren for his clarifications regarding the 2 books.

On 08/01/2008, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
<rama.balasubramanian at gmail.com> wrote:

[....]

> I have no wish to argue with anyone. The problem is that he tends to
> spout off his own views, but also has associations with the Sringeri
> mutt. Some of his books have even been published by organizations tied
> closely to the mutt. This may mislead people into thinking that he is
> a traditional author associated with the mutt. As for me, once I see
> drivel such as the above, it tends to make me suspicious of the
> author's works in general. Srividya, etc., are guhyam, and best
> learned through some proper sources. For diaspora like myself it's an
> issue, but for you it should not be so tough.

I sincerely appreciate your feedback. I am quite conscious of the need
to approach traditional teachers on these matters. Books are only a
supplement.

My idea behind reading these books was to get some understanding of
the breadth and history of Srividya and certainly not to use it as a
guide for practice. I certainly won't practise it without proper
mantra-dIkShA.

Btw, I recently happened to attend a pravachana by Sri Goda
Venkateswara Shastri on the Vivekachudamani, which can only be
described as "superb". So there are many advantages of being in India,
surely.

My sincere thanks once again
Ramesh