[Advaita-l] Ācārya teaching through Śabda pramāṇa idea in the vedic mantra saṁhitā

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Bhaskar ji

On Fri, 10 Jul 2026 at 4:09 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com>
wrote:

> praNAms Sri Raghava prabhuji
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> Hare Krishna
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> Perhaps you may have to read Sri SudhAnshu prabhuji’s dissertations about
> his DSV perspective in more detail with attentiveness. As per him SDV is
> just maNda buddhi sAdhakas whereas in next step sAdhana, sAdhaka has to
> realize Ishwara, IshwarAnugraha, Acharya etc. are his own imaginations and
> there is nothing outside of this avidyA kshetra.  I don’t know what Sri MS
> said about all these when he himself a strong propagator of mind all game
> like buddhist.  My inquisitive mind simply asking if the advanced student
> firmly have the conviction in his mind that it is all avidyA bhrAnti of his
> own mind, how can he have the shraddha bhakti in guru vAkya and how can he
> seek IshwarAnugraha when there is no such characters exist apart from his
> imaginary world!!??
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Indeed how is it that many PSA held to DSV and still professed great bhakti
towards Guru and Īśvara?  That is s point to ponder.

Basic question to reiterate is - does professing DSV as a valid prakriyā to
arrive at Advaita jñānam preclude Īśvara bhakti?

The answer is - there is no incompatibility. Because whether we use ‘two
orders of reality pedagogy’ or ‘three orders of reality’ pedagogy, the same
question you raised can be asked. Because in both prakriyās there is
sublation (bādha) of vyāvahārika Sattā. And only pāramārthika sattā is
real.

You objection holds


Does it not mean he is simply trying to drink water from mirage??  If he
> still talking about IshwarAnugraha, Acharya upadesha, sampradaya, pramANa
> vyavahAra etc. does it not mean it is just his hypocrisy!!??
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There is no hypocrisy in holding DSV as valid and Īśvara bhakti.
Your question can be raised for any prakriyā involving bādha
samānādhikaraṇam including even SDV, since there is bādha of vyavahārika
sattā in any valid prakriyā.

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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!
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Om

Raghav

> Bhaskar
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> PS:  you directly replied to me without addressing it to the list, hence I
> too directly replying to you.
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