[Advaita-l] Was Madhusudana Sarswati influenced by Gaudiya Vaishnavas and position of bhakti in advaita

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

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> PS :  Kindly let us know whether Sri Madhusudana agrees with 'dvaita vidha
> bedha bhakti' anywhere in his works??  Is there any reference with regard
> to this in his works such as 'bhakti rasAyana' or 'advaita siddhi'??
>

RV: he accepts all three levels - subordination, domination and identity in
bhakti rasa. the highest is not madhura bhakti generally associated with
gopis by dualists but suddha bhakti - e.g. sanat kumaras and gopis!