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

[Aravinda Rao]

Namaskars,
No problem. When I referred to laziness I was referring to those who have
not read the bhashyas and those who are not interested in the bhashyas. I
am not referring to those who actually read and revere. I have seen such
people who ostentatiously do puja and are done with that.
Aravinda Rao

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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