[Advaita-l] Bhakti in Advaita Tradition - Post - Gaudapada and Pre-Madhusudana

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

> Dear Rajaramji,
>
> ///
>
> I think Sankara is Vaishnava and Vishnu is not only the four-handed deity
>
> //
>
> How come Sankara Bhagavatpada, whose vision reverberates with shruti vakya
> "EkaM sat viprAH bahudhA vadanti", is labelled as vaishnava?
>
*If you accept Vasudevam sarvam iti, why not?*

>
> Granted that vishnu is not the four-handed deity as stated in shruti (tat
> vishnOh
> paramaM padaM sadA pashyanti sUrayaH....).  On the similar lines, Siva can
> also be derived as "sAntaM sivaM advaitaM.." and other panchayAtana deities
> viz.,
> gaNapati, ambika & aditya.
>
>
*Is this padam, the state of Vishnu or His lotus feet? The question comes up
because the devas see it eternally. *

> Acharya Sankara is all rolled into One who is beyond all "isms".  And that
> is Advaita.
>
*I dont diasgree.  *
regs,
sriram
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