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Re: Vedanta Discussions
In article <3d51g0$s9g@ucunix.san.uc.edu>,
Vidyasankar Sundaresan <vidya@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
>Whoever has accepted that some Purana is Vedic scripture?
Veda Vyasa has -- it's right there staring at you in Chandogya
Upanishad.
"itihasa-puranah pancamah vedanam vedah"
The Itihasa and Puranas are the 5th Veda
Chandogya Upanishad (7.1.4)
This view has been supported by Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhva
and other great acaryas.
>There are four
>Vedas, Rg, Yajus, Sama and Atharva. All the Vedic scriptures are part of
>one or the other of these four. Which Veda does the Padma Purana belong
>to?
It belongs to the aforementioned 5th Veda, as it was one of the
Puranas compiled by Vyasadeva, and is listed as such in the Bhagavata
(further, it's listed as one of the Puranas for those in the mode
of goodness).
>authority, etc. I quote Sankara only to show how consistent he is with the
>Upanishads, and that too, only because you attack him, and dismiss all of
>advaita as superstition.
Have you read Vada-ratna-vali by Visnudasacarya (a descendant of Madhva)?
That pretty clearly shows that mayavad is _not_ consistent with the overall
view of the Vedas, but that dvaita is.
>for you. Only don't keep harping on "Vedic scriptures" without first
>knowing what they are.
Right back at ya, Vidya! Vyasadeva said it all ...
"itihasa-puranah pancamah vedanam vedah"
The Itihasa and Puranas are the 5th Veda
Chandogya Upanishad (7.1.4)
>S. Vidyasankar
-- Vijay
