[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Sri Shankarabhagavatpadacharya Saparya Paddhati - Sri Bhashya Swamigal

[V Subrahmanian]

Shankara, in his prasthanatraya bhashyas, has explicitly advocated the
physical puja of the Guru:

We find the following three verses at the beginning of the Taittiriya
Bhashyam, one of which is a direct namaskara to his Purvacharyas who have
expounded the Upanishads:

यैरिमे गुरुभिः पूर्वं पदवाक्यप्रमाणतः । व्याख्याताः सर्ववेदान्तास्तान्नित्यं
 प्रणतोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ २ ॥
At the end of the Mandukya bhashya he composes verses in veneration of his
Guru and Paramaguru.
In the Mundaka bhashya explaining the mantra which says: the aspirants for
worldly benefits and moksha have to venerate the Brahma Jnani, Shankara
says: by prakakshina namaskara,etc.
At the end of the Prashnopanishad bhashya, while the aspirants are paying
their respects to their Guru Pippalada for having given them the
Brahmavidya, the upanishad says: tam archantaH, Shankara says: by
submitting flowers at the feet of the Guru, etc.
So, Shankara is quite open to the Puja of the Acharya.
Interestingly we find similar, almost same, wordings in Shankara's opening
and closing verses for the 17th chapter of the Upadeshasahasri.
regards
subbu

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM Aravinda Rao <karavind09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaskars,
> Would Shankaracharya approve of his deification and approve of his puja? I
> doubt it. We may be doing a disservice to him because some lazy persons
> would be content to do puja and leave it at that, without actually reading
> and critically understanding what he wrote. Some people are doing the same
> for Ramakrishna and Vivekananda.
> I have all regard for Shankaracharya, and I have been teaching his
> bhashyams.
> Regards,
> Aravinda Rao
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM Divya Shiva <divyameedin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Sharing:
>>
>> Sri Shankarabhagavatpadacharya Saparya Paddhati - Sri Bhashya Swamigal
>> (Puja Kalpam)
>>
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/acc.-no.-6062-sabarya-pathathi/mode/2up?view=theater
>>
>> Members may kindly share any available reading material on the life and
>> works of Sri Bhashya Swamigal, adding to a writing project.
>>
>> Regards
>> Divya
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 4:14 PM Divya Meedin <divyameedin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Blessed with the Srimukham of Sringeri Jagadguru, a translation of
>>> Matrupanchakam composed by Shri Bhashya Swamigal:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/matrupanchakamofbhashyaswami_20200229/mode/2up
>>>
>>>
>>>
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