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| May 03, 2006 8:24 am |
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re: re: re: re: re: re: Sanadana Dharma |
Gyro
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Ganesh,
The doctrinal differences between one or the other of these three systems, Advaita, Visishtadvaita and Dwaita, have an underlying unity in them that irrespective of the diversity in their approach and application they all lead to one final Destination or Source, both being one and the same, which is the Vedic Brahman.
Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva all hold very similar standpoints in dharmic matters. They agree on how to live the everyday life as per SD, the importance of living in tune with ones dharma, the importance of devotion, prayers and things like that. The differences are in their descriptions of reality and our way to realization of the
Absolute.
When Adisanakara engaged in a deabate with Mandana Mishra, Bharati Devi wife of Mandana Mishra asked him to answer about physical relationship of a husband and wife, and how that is related to Nirvana, before declaring him as winner. Shankara being a sanyasi does not know the answer to this and requests for some time to find the appropriate answer. With the super natural powers of Shankara he enters the dead body of king Amaruka to experience the life of a married man and comes back with satisfactory answer for the question asked to him.
If we agree that self realised person would not preach, teach or get involved in any activity then we can't brand Lord Krishna as self ralised as he preached & taught Arjun during war and also engaged in many other activities. (Infact, lord Krishna is cause for Guruchethra war). A self realised person, like Swami Vivekananda, would preach, teach and also involve in other activities (subject to Dharma)but not bothered about the outcome of results.
V.K.L. RaamanathanPrivate Reply to Gyro (new win) |
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