[Advaita-l] Shankara and Madhusudhana

[SIVAKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN]

 Sadara pranAmam,
cf.Complete works of Vivekananda, Prt.3 the lecture delivered on the VEDANTA
ON 1897 Dec:20th at Khetri.
Swamiji states that not only Sankara but Ramanuja and Madhwa also
committed the same mistake.
Namaste.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Rajaram Venkataramani <
rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you pl. cite reference to Swami Vivekananda's works where he said
> Sankara twisted the meaning of BG mantras to promote advaitic view?
> Does he mean advaita is contrary to bhakti? More than his views, I'd
> be keen from my research point of view to know his reasons for saying
> Sankara twisted the meaning.
>
> On 20/07/2011, SIVAKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN <sivanr8010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sadara pranAmam,
> > Swami Vivekananda was of opinion that bhagavatpada has
> > twisted the interpretation of BG mantras which  promoted
> > bhakthi in adwaticview.This apparent defct has been successfully
> > countered by Madhusudanasarawathi.This is what I could understand
> > from the study of both the bhashyas.
> > Namaste.
> > sivakumarr.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Srikanta Narayanaswami <
> > srikanta.narayanaswami at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Sri Srikanta,
> >>
> >> I saw a post from you that Madhusudana differs from Sankara but could
> not
> >> trace your mail - hence unable to quote it. You were referring to
> Advaita
> >> Siddhi without specific references where you allege that Madhusudana
> >> differs
> >> from Sankara. Scholars come up with such views and it is unforuntately
> >> posted by Sri Vidyasankar also on his site also. As far as I have seen,
> >> true
> >> to his word, he has exposited on the commentary of Sankara throwing
> light
> >> on
> >> the meanings inherent in the works of the acharya. The apparent
> >> contradictions are either different readings admissibile within the
> >> tradition or a misreading by the scholars. Madhusudana, who is revered
> as
> >> a
> >> jivan mukta by his disciple, considers himself to be like gunja and
> >> Sankara
> >> to be like gold - incomparable. Of course, the gold, that is
> Madhusudana,
> >> can be tested for his loyalty to his tradition.
> >>
> >> Why dont you please post with specific references why you say
> Madhusudana
> >> differs from Sankara?
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >> Rajaram Venkataramani
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mr.Rajaram Venkataramani
> >> With reference to your above Email,I should ask you whether you have
> >> studied Shankara Bhashya on the BG along with Madhusudhana Saraswathi's
> >> Gudartha deepika along with Adwaita Siddhi.I want that you must read
> them
> >> carefully.I can quote from Adwaita Siddhi ,and Gudartha Deepika where he
> >> differs from Shankara.Infact,after Madhusudhana's time this created a
> >> furore
> >> in the scholarly circles.It took some time to set it right.But,it will
> >> take
> >> more space here.If it is OK then I can send them after some time.
> >> N.Srikanta.
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