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

[সপ্ত Rishi]

Oh ok, aravinda sir.
Got your exact point.🙏

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025, 10:26 Aravinda Rao, <karavind09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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