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Re: ISKCON -- Please help with these terms
susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu (Hari Krishna Susarla) writes:
>In article <4grr6a$3dq@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
> Giri <gmadras@engr.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>> Why should VishhNu go through all these trouble to preach a wrong
>>philosophy and misguide followers for centuries ? Why would Lord VishhNu ,
>>Shiva intentionally misguide their followers when they say there is no one
>>more dearer to them than their bhaktas ?
>It's simply actually. The Lord is simply giving people what they want. Because
>no one wants to hear that they are eternally subordinate to Him, the Lord
>gladly gives them some monist philosophy and allows them to spend their lives
>in eternal mental speculation.
>Lord Vishnu is so kind that he gives His servants exactly what they want, even
>if that means misleading them. The Lord does not need our devotion, but He
>gladly accepts it when we give up our stubborn ideas about trying to be equal
>to Him. If we refuse devotional service, then just to appease our religious
^^^^^^^^^
>sentiments the Lord gives us some impersonalist philosophy so that we can go
>on feeling religious without engaging in His devotional service.
>regards,
>-- HKS
Thanks for your answer, HKSji. As far as i know, advaita philosophy
does not consider even jivan-muktas equal to Ishvaras. That is, a jivan-mukta
is not Krishna, VishhNu or Shiva, he is just I [based on my understanding].
HKSji, if the answer to my question was so simple, why did you
post this following article in SRV ? Maybe you were ignorant then [by your
own statement, see below] and later, you became aware of all this. This also
doe snot explain why when Gaudapada prayed to Lord VishhNu asking for a
philosophy, VishhNu preached advaita to Him. Gaudapada did not pray ;
'I don't want to give up my stubborn idea, i want to refuse devotional
service etc..'.
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Article of HKSji from SRV :
I have an esoteric question for the Gaudiyas out there.
We usually say that Advaita Acharya is an incarnation of both Siva and
Maha-Vishnu.
My question is this: why is it necessary for Vishnu to combine with anyone?
That would seem to imply that He is not complete, which is obviously not the
case. One devotee once told me that it was
because Advaita Acharya had two moods wrt Lord Chaitanya - as an elder,
and as a devotee (hence the incarnation of Shiva). However, he also
admitted that he might be speculating on that, so that leaves me clueless
about this. It
also makes me wonder why Lord Krishna would incarnate as
Chaitanya, while again incarnating as Advaita Acharya through Maha-Vishnu.
What is the significance of the fact that Advaita
Acharya is an incarnation of Maha-Vishnu whereas Chaitanya is an incarnation
of Krishna? Is it because of a difference in Their moods?
On a related note, the Bhaagavatam states that Dattatreya was a combination of
Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu who taught maayaavaadi philosophy. I don't
understand why it is necessary for Vishnu to combine with His devotees Shiva
and Brahma just to teach a misleading philosophy. Can any Gaudiyas give me
some insight into this?
ignorantly yours,
-- HKS
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