[Advaita-l] Regarding Padmanabhaswamy

[V Subrahmanian]

A bhashyakara, when he expresses his disagreement with his opponent
doctrine, he is referring to the proponent of that doctrine and those close
to him. It is not merely the doctrine that was critiqued but the proponent
as well. By the time of Ramanuja, all three, Shankara, etc. were there. It
is only by the time of Madhva, Jayatirtha, etc. Prakashatman, Chitsukha,
Sriharsha, were already there.

It is surprising that you did not find the attacks on Shankara such as 'of
sinful tendencies', '“One who studied the Vedas in the shop of a Mādhyamika
Buddhist” (referring to Shankara’s parama-guru Gauḍapada'' etc.
inflammatory.

regards
subbu



On 13 Jul 2017 07:38, "Shashi" <raghavadasa at gmail.com> wrote:

> How do we know those statements refer to Shankara, Sureshwara, and
> Sarvajnaatman specifically? If we don't know for sure, I'm afraid the
> article is unduly inflammatory.
>
> Shashi
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 12, 2017, at 8:52 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Aditya Kumar <kumaraditya22 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. It is clear that the Cholas were Vaidiks and not Shaivas or
> >> Vaishnavas(or anti-vaishnavas). Now I am just thinking out loudly, was
> >> Ramanujacharya a heretic (as in, shunning everything related to
> >> Shiva/Shankaracharya) and then played the victim card?
> >>
> >
> > Here are some statements from Ramanuja and Vedantadesika against
> > Shankaracharya/advaitins and Advaita:
> >
> > http://www.mediafire.com/file/nw59e9a94la4vso/Ramanuja_1000_K.pdf
> >
> > regards
> > vs
> >
> >>
> >> No offence to any great gurus or their devotees, this is just an
> academic
> >> interest.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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