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Re: ARTICLE : Shankaracharya and the Bhagavat Purana
Michael Tandy <mpt0002@jove.acs.unt.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE1B4Gw.4Jp@netcom.com>...
> In article <ghenE18zIE.DCu@netcom.com>, susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu
> says...
> >
> >I don't think that anyone asserts that Shankaraachaarya's philosophy is
> >"opposed to bhakti" either.
> >
> Oh, I don't think so...Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that the
> Mayavadis were offenders to the Lord, so it seem fair enough
> to say that their philosophy is opposed to bhakti. But maybe
> I've misunderstood what you meant.
> -m
What I meant is, if you tell an advaitin that he is opposed to bhakti, he
will deny it and will not understand why we say such a thing. In fact, they
have no problem with a person going through the motions of devotional
service, but they say that such a thing leads to realization of impersonal
oneness eventually. So, they do have a place for bhakti in their
philosophy, but it is only for a very misguided conception of bhakti,
seeing as how it is merely a means to an end for them.
