Vedanta and Philosophy

@Pandya chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/36133240#36133240 Does this mean you will be known as PandyAcharya for expositing PandyAdvaita soon? :)

Tezz

2:35 AM

@Pandya नमस्कारम् ।।

anuvaramban

@Pandya not one but a nexus of related questions.

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Pandya

@anuvaramban Haha! No, I believe one Param Satya! I may try to unite them (A & VA).

anuvaramban

@Pandya noble task indeed.

Tezz

Haha lol.. PandyAcharya and PandyAdvaita...😀😀

Pandya

@Tezz Haha but Ananda is more providential like Tejananda!

> यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते । अप्राप्य मनसा सह । आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान् । न बिभेति कुतश्चनेति ।

Tezz

2:47 AM

@Pandya haha ... 😀😀

Keshav Srinivasan

4:14 AM

@Pandya I would recommend the Sri Bhashya, i.e. his commentary on the Brahma Sutras. I would also recommend Ramanujacharya's Vedartha Sangraha.

Pandya

4:45 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Yes, ok Thanks. I think Vedartha Sangraha is very important; found Sanskrit-English this. If you know Sanskrit-Hindi version then tell. /cc @Tezz @TheDestroyer

Pandya

5:13 AM

I think available on DLI

Pandya

5:27 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Found from Internet Archive : archive.org/details/VedarthaSangrahaOfRamaujaNeelMeghacharya :)

Keshav Srinivasan

@Pandya Oh, is that Hindi?

Pandya

@KeshavSrinivasan Yes, Sri Bhagavad Ramanujacharya Virachit Vedartha Sangraha (original Sanskrit verses) with Hindi commentary by Sri Neelmeghacharya

@KeshavSrinivasan Btw, what do you think is it possible to unite Advaita & Vishishtadvaita?

Sree Charan

@anuvaramban you can read hindi and can't write? how?

Keshav Srinivasan

5:49 AM

@Pandya Well, they contradict each other. But you can certainly create a philosophy which is a mix of Advaita beliefs and Visistadvaita beliefs. There already are countless Vedantic philosophies which agree with Advaita on some issues and Visistadvaita on other issues. I think those philosophies are incorrect, though.

Pandya

@KeshavSrinivasan Yes, I'm thinking to unite them by explaining how both can be correct according to the nature and state of preaching.

@KeshavSrinivasan Btw, I think Ramanujacharya refuted Advaita in his commentaries so, I think it is very difficult to make Advaita correct for Vishishtadvaitin! Haha

Keshav Srinivasan

@Pandya Haha yeah. But in one sense you could say Advaita is true: Advaitins strives to attain a state called Kaivailya. Visistadvaitins agree that those who follow the path of Advaita attain the state of Kaivalya, we just think that that is a bad state to attain.

@TheDestroyer A while back you asked me if there's any way you could get Shaivite marks on your body, akin to how Sri Vaishnavas get the Shankha and Chakra branded on their shoulders. Well, I have some good news and bad news on that. The good news is that there is a Shaiva Siddhanta initiation ritual to put Shaivite marks on your body; see this excerpt from Aghorasiva's Kriyakramadyotika:

Pandya

@KeshavSrinivasan Do Vishishtadvaita consider Kaivalya as Ekatva?

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer The bad news is that no one does this particular ritual anymore.

@Pandya Yeah, Ekatva and Kaivalya are the same. It's a state in which you experience your own Atma.

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Vedanta and Philosophy