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Re: Advaita in the Vishnu Purana?
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
>Sankar Jayanarayanan <kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> wrote:
>>I came across a translation of the Vishnu Purana and found therein
>>an episode which was very, very much like Advaita in its pristine form.
>>No wonder Adi Sankara referred to it.
>>
>>The story is so beautiful that it's not possible to be unmoved by it
>>spiritually...
>>
>>I'm referring to the Book 2, Chapter 14 of the Vishnu Purana...
>Thanks for sharing the story with us and taking the time to type out the story
>for us. It's a story which Ramana Maharishi used to tell to his devotees to
>make the point that Jnanis may even look like madmen, but one should not think
>low of them for that reason.
I also wish to thank Kartik for taking the time to type the
story. Just a very minor correction, the story of Bharata runs from
Book 2, chapter 13 to book 2, chapter 15 of the vishhNu purANa.
[snipped]
>Ribhu Gita contains the discourses between Ribhu and Nidagha (the one mentioned
>above). It is an Advaitic classic. The Ribhu Gita is in the Skanda Purana. If
>Parasara had access to the internet and had read srh he would have known the
>supreme concept of "tamasic" puranas and read the Bhagavatam instead. Readers
>may remember that the Skanda Purana is tamasic, as was pointed out by an
>enlightening post to the srh. Instead, unfortunately our man followed Ribhu and
>is presently languishing in the "planet of the faithless". This itself shows
>how important the internet is.
[snipped]
>Ramakrishnan.
ribhu gItA is a classic. I just came across a translation by
the Ramana Maharishi's organization [SAT] and it was great and would
recommend it to everyone who is interested in Advaita.
I think Mr. Ramakrishnan is mistaken when he remarks that Ribhu
and others are LANGUISHING in the "planet of the faithless". Let us see the
inhabitants of the planet. FEW of them are
Gaudapada, Govinda {guru of Adi Shankara},
all the disciples of Shankara, the complete lineage of shankara-achrayas
of various maTh-s, Ramana Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and last, but
not the least, my guru. I would call this great company to be in and is
certainly better than the "planet earth" and I certainly would not
LANGUISH in their company.
Ramakrishnan, hope to see you there too, make sure to reserve
a seat for me :-)
Giri
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