[Advaita-l] The Glory of Sannyasa

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Pranams Sri Bhaskar Prabhu ji,

I agree with what you say.

Upanishads are in question and answer format. So somebody has to be guru
and so his words are the essence of vedanta.

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For that matter in most of the Upanishads characters used to advocate
eternal teachings.  Bhrugu-vaaruNi in taitereeya, janaka-yajnavalkya in
bruhadaaraNyaka, bhrugu-vaaruNi in taitereeya, shvetaketu- in chAndOgya
etc.  It does not mean these Upanishads have written after these dialogues
have taken place at some point of time.  Atleast this is what saMpradAya
has to say about apaurusheyatvaM of veda-s.
***

I completely agree. There are teachings by rishi-s, hymns written in their
name, but they have received the eternal truth by intuitions or as a sprak
in their heart. They are just revealing the eternal truth, sometimes
directly, sometimes by giving examples. Truth remains the same. There is
only one truth and it is eternal. In chatuḥsloki Bhāgavat, Bhagavāna Viṣṇu
/ Kṛṣṇa gives Jñāna to Bhagavān Brahmā jī  before brahmadeva began
creation.

Have I put things correctly?

Hare Krṣṇa
Jai Śrī Rāma
Sujal


On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Sujal prabhuji
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> Hare Krishna
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> Yes, Katha upanishad is collection of sayings of katha rishi. I heard it
> in a discourse by Swami Tadrupanand ji in Gujarati. I quoted him from my
> memory. Swamiji has not cited any reference for this claim. Please correct
> it if I am wrong.
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> Ø    Traditionally we have a strong belief that vedAnta aka Upanishads
> (veda-s) are apaurusheya and it is not man made.  Katha shruti  is part and
> parcel of this apaurusheya veda-s.
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> There is one more upaniṣad in the name of rishi - svataśvatara upaniṣad
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> Ø     Same as above.  Nobody from the tradition would agree that
> Upanishads are based on collection of some individual thoughts.  If these
> are vaiyuktika (individual) abhipraaya then it cannot be considered as
> pramANa in brahma jignAsa.
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>
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> So either they are their own teachings or they are characters used to
> explain eternal teachings. I would also like to have opinion of your and
> other members.
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> Ø    For that matter in most of the Upanishads characters used to
> advocate eternal teachings.  Bhrugu-vaaruNi in taitereeya,
> janaka-yajnavalkya in bruhadaaraNyaka, bhrugu-vaaruNi in taitereeya,
> shvetaketu- in chAndOgya etc.  It does not mean these Upanishads have
> written after these dialogues have taken place at some point of time.
> Atleast this is what saMpradAya has to say about apaurusheyatvaM of veda-s.
>
>
>
> Ø   Anyway, you can wait for more authentic answer from other
> prabhuji-s.
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>
> bhaskar
>