[Advaita-l] Ramana Maharshi - Advaitin or Neo Advaitin?

[Venkatraghavan S]

"After one is firmly established in jnAna, there is *no* need to judge."

Crucial 'no' missing in the sentence!

On 19 Sep 2016 5:38 p.m., "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree. When one is not firmly established in jnAna themselves, it is
> better to refrain from judging others. After one is firmly established in
> jnAna, there is need to judge.
>
> Either way it is better to focus one's efforts on oneself and not question
> anyone else is a jnAni or not.
>
> Every individual knows where he or she stands. It is up to each  to self
> regulate.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On 19 Sep 2016 5:17 p.m., "Ravi Kiran via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:34 PM,
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > But Krishna is considered as an avatar of Vishnu and Adi Shankaracharya
>> is
>> > considered as an avatar of Shiva. Then why did they dedicate their time
>> for
>> > studies? Btw, the Wikipedia page says Ramana is considered as an avatar
>> of
>> > Dakshinamurty :D ‎   Btw, you might be surprised to know Ramana's stand
>> on
>> > reincarnation.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Isn't this dogma‎tic and a deviation from the tradition?
>> >
>> >
>> Its very strange and unfortunate that intellectual questioning has no
>> boundaries or limits..none is spared  :-(
>>
>> In the pretext of ( Please forgive me for my ignorance.), one can go to
>> any
>> extent and even scrutinize
>> or question the knowledge of renowned mahatma's, siddha purushas, yogis,
>> saints etc, or pass comments
>> on avatars.
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