[Advaita-l] Debate between Dwarka & Sumeru Shankaracharyas

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
>   ....one 'sarva karma saNyAsi'
> asking for the 'wealth' &  'life' of another saNyAsi  :-))
>

Sureshwaracharya has said: pishunAH kalahotsukAH sannyAsino'pi dRShyante :
those who 'back bite' ('chADi hELuvudu'), rake up controversies/conflicts,
etc. are seen among sannyasins too.

subrahmanian.v

>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
>
>
> From:   "anil aggrwal" <aaggarwal at wi.rr.com>
> To:     "'A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta'"
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> Date:   01/02/2013 04:59 PM
> Subject:        Re: [Advaita-l] Debate between Dwarka & Sumeru
> Shankaracharyas
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>  I am sorry you have been unlucky to find a true sanyasi. I have been
> fortunate. I have seen my guru wearing torn clothes and go hungry as
> nobody
> left food Swami Taadatmananda of arshabodha, I pray you meet a true
> sanyasi
> and guru
>
> Anil
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org] On Behalf Of Bhaskar
> YR
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>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> What is irking much is surrender of wealth.
>
> >  Frankly, I dont see anything surprising here.  We should not forget
> that swamiji-s, nowadays,  are also maThAdeesha-s and they are
> unofficially running a widely established educational institutions,
> hospitals etc.  Though these organizations are in the name of some 'Trust'
>
> for all the practical purposes, these swamiji-s words are final.  Hence
> they have to somehow 'raise' funds to run the show and challenges and
> bettings like this will be a good opportunity for them to fatten their
> 'Trust' bank balances :-))
>
> na karmaNa na prajayA dhanEna thyAgEnaikE amrutatvamAsasu:
>
> >  you will be surprised to know the charges they ask for the 'guru pAdukA
>
> pooja' and personal visit of these swamiji-s.  Yes, they know dhana will
> not lead them to amrutatva but they need 'dhana' in vyavahAra:-))
> vyAvahArika satya is something different from pAramArthika satya is it
> not:-))
>
> Sanyasa is taken after sacrificing karma, family and wealth.
>
> >  OTOH, taking saNyAsa is an other way to embrace the bigger family in
> the form of maTha, Ashrama, mission etc. :-))
>
> To demand a sanyasi to surrender wealth ( something which he is not
> supposed to
> own)is sort of unimaginable flaw from those who are supposed to uphold
> tradition.
>
> > even jnAni-s like yajnAvalkya in bruhadAraNyaka openly claimed the cows
> from janaka, what to talk about these swamiji-s who are shouldering the
> huge responsibilities of running the institutions, hospitals, mutts,
> schools and colleges :-))
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
> PS :  BTW what exactly the subject matter of this debate??  Sorry, I
> cannot read that article in the web, is it about proving the one mutt
> superiority  over  another??
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