[Advaita-l] Paul Hacker's erroneous view

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:37 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> //But why at all Padmapada engages in a comparison, even though it is a
> contrast, between Shankara his guru and Paramashiva of all gods, who has
> nothing to do with Shankaracharya, a vaishnava, according to you and Paul
> Hacker?//
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> Because Shiva is Shankara's namesake. Sureshwara also says the same, that
> Shankara bears the name of bhava (Shiva).
>

A mere namesake does not demand a comparison.

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> On Saturday, 3 September 2016, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 7:03 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> >
>>> > The very comparison by Padmapada arises only because of the fact that
>>> he
>>> > believed that Shankara was Shiva avatara. Otherwise there is no reason
>>> to
>>> > make that comparison for the mere name being Shankara.
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>>> PadmapAda's comparison is in fact differentiating Shankara from Shiva.
>>> Therefore Padmapada most certainly does not consider Shankara as an
>>> incarnation of Shiva, because (Adi) Shankara is without bhasma,
>>> without Uma, without Vinayaka, without snakes etc. PadmapAda's verses
>>> can be interpreted to have two meanings.
>>>
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>> But why at all Padmapada engages in a comparison, even though it is a
>> contrast, between Shankara his guru and Paramashiva of all gods, who has
>> nothing to do with Shankaracharya, a vaishnava, according to you and Paul
>> Hacker? Only if this question is answered there can be any meaning in what
>> you proceed to conjecture below. A mere name does not demand a
>> compare-contrast.
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