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Re: Animal-Killing, and Soul-Merging Condemned
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Animal-Killing, and Soul-Merging Condemned
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From: shrao@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Shrisha Rao)
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Date: 31 Jan 1996 19:49:59 -0700
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Expires: 29 Feb 1996 23:59:59 GMT
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Followup-To: soc.religion.vaishnava
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Sri Krishna Gururaja Seva Samiti
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References: <4dkrta$kfi@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4ekm5d$91g@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <4ekm5d$91g@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Ken Stuart <kstuart@snowcrest.net> wrote:
>All the following are my understandings of Vaishnava doctrine:
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>1) Shankara was an incarnation of God to lead people from an
>atheistic Buddhism to an impersonalistic Advaita, since the latter was
>better for them (even though it wasn't the ultimate viewpoint).
False, according to the Maadhva school. Said school makes no claim
about Shankara's divinity (and some parts of it make quite a reverse
claim), and also sets out to prove that Advaita is actually a
disguised Buddhism that is just as inadvisable as the
straight-and-narrow version.
This may quite plausibly strike you as being a parochial party line; I
am not trying to defend the above claims here, but only to state that
they are made.
>2) Those who follow Shankara by wanting to lose their individuality
>and merge with God, are condemned to "the planets of the faithless,
>full of darkness and ignorance".
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>Is this right?
"Planets of the faithless" is a specific term that might not be
totally accurate (I would prefer 'worlds' over 'planets'), but
basically, yes.
Again, this is according to the Maadhva school.
Regards,
Shrisha Rao
>Cheers,
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>Ken
>kstuart@snowcrest.net
