[Advaita-l] Bhakti and Jnana

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

Have you considered the possibility that Madhusudana is from south India
based on his preoccupation with Madhwas and Sri Vaishnavas?

On Sunday, February 19, 2012, Sunil Bhattacharjya wrote:

> I understand that the background is important as Lord Krishna himself says
> a yogi is born in a family of Yogis. If you think that Chaitanya
> Mahaprabhu's ideas could not have influenced Kamalajanayana even
> temporarily,then  may be we should  agree to disagree on this point.
>
>
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> ________________________________
>  From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com <javascript:;>>
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
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> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Fw: Bhakti and Jnana
>
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Sunil Bhattacharjya wrote:
>
> > Are you aware of Mahapurush Sankardeva, the great Assamese Advaitin
> Vaishnavite saint of that time, who wrote many works including the Bhakti
> Ratnakar?
>
> I have heard of him but I'm not familiar with his teachings certainly not
> that he was an Advaitin.  What makes you say that?
>
>
> > There was also another saint Vishupuri sanyashi of varanasi at that
> time.  who wrote Bhakti Ratnavali.
>
>
> Varanasi is considerably far away from Navadvipa.
>
>
> > To tell you the fact that at time the entire North-east India was
> Charged with Vaishnava movement, both Advaitic and Bheda-Bheda. Any
> assessment of the thoughts of that time has to recognize all these
> influences.
> >
>
> I thought you are making a stronger claim, namely that MS was doctrinally
> influenced by the Gaudiya school.  To say that there was merely a
> vaishnavish background is another thing.
>
>
> -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com <javascript:;>>
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