[Advaita-l] akdhandaakara vRitti - My mistake

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 09:42:30 CDT 2015


I may add , for clarity , that I do not find the views of Swami
Paramarthananda any different from those of Swami Harshananda.

Regards

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 7:57 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Pranams.
>
> With lot of hesitation , I am continuing with this thread. I entirely
> agree that the interpretation of the term must be inline with that of those
> who coined this word and defined it. I had earlier given reference to the
> use of the term by Sri Sadananda Yogi in his Vedanta Sara  who , I
> understand , lived during mid 15th century AD. I had also indicated the
> interpretation thereon by Swami Harshananda. Is there any reference to the
> use of that word any time earlier ?? I understand Sri Madhusudhana
> Saraswati has defined the term in his Advaita Sidhi . I cannot myself
> confirm if this is correct or not , but only what I have learnt from
> others. Open to correction. But he lived during 1540 - 1640 AD , which puts
> his period later than that of Sri Sadananda Yogi. Therefore the
> interpretation of the term should also be with reference to the context in
> which Sri Sadananda Yogi has used it , as he appears to be the first to
> have used the term. ( Open to correction again ) .
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 2:45 PM, श्रीमल्ललितालालितः via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:54 AM, kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > It is called akhadaakara vRitti only because the apparent but apparently
>> > real khandana of jiiva-jagat-Iswara bhinaatvam is removed and ekatvam
>> which
>> > is akhandam is the jnaanam vRitti. jiiva-brahma ikya bodhaka jnaana
>> vRitti
>> > in essence is akhandaakara vRitit jnaanam.
>> >
>>
>> ​I'm sorry to say that your this understanding is also not in line with
>> those who coined this word and defined it.
>> Obviously, I didn't define it like this.
>> If you think that svAmI told you, then I seriously doubt his understanding
>> of this term. He may be defining this technical term without reading
>> original texts which mention this term. He may be defining this
>> system-specific-term according to his present limited learning, similar to
>> what most were doing here.​
>>
>>
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