[Advaita-l] On Brahmasutra - Shankara Bhasya - By Swami Paramarthanandaji

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

Thank you Sadaji for the good work of Swami Paramarthananda. However, I am a bit hurt at the statement that Lord Buddha did not propound a systematic philosophy. Lord Buddha's life  was like an open book. He learnt Sankhya from Alara kalama but did not agree with the pluarlity of the purushas.The he took to practice  of yoga under Ramaputta but did not agree entirely with him. Then he meditated in Gaya for 6 years and was enlightened and he  could see all his past lives. Another person to say that he knows all his past lives was Lord Krishna. Then as a first step Lord Buddha  taught in Sarnath about the 4 noble truths including the 8 fold-path needed as preparatory to the Spiritual journey and then he taught about the ways to achieve the Videhamukta state, which he called as the state free from the five skandhas (five koshas) or the state of Shunyata. This is the gist of his life's teaching established through innumearble discourses. 

As regards Budhha's philosophy one should read Buddhist canonical theravada texts and the canonical Mahayana texts. The brain-waves of people like Vasubandhu, Dignagaga and Dharmakirti in Buddhism are probably like the works of Navyanyaikas in Hinduism.
Regards,Sunil KB



     On Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:52 AM, kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
   

 PraNAms to all.

Brahmasutra complete commentary is not now available on line. Thanks to Avinash. Foundation. 

http://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/brahma-sutra-by-swami-paramarthananda/

Hari Om!
Sadananda
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