[Advaita-l] Prasthana Traya

Vivek ammasfeet at icloud.com
Wed Jun 10 19:39:28 CDT 2015


Thanks for mentioning that. I'm going to check it out.



> On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:29 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There is another very important work, the 'Jīvanmukti viveka' of Swami Vidyaraṇya.  It is a work that is sādhana-centric and is a rare book that is directed solely to achieve the seminal purpose of Vedanta shāstra: liberation. .  .  
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> subrahmanian.v
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>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It is my opinion that it is better to study the prakaraṇa granthas thoroughly.  They are much easier to comprehend than the prasthāna traya.  Once one gains a reasonable level of familiarity with the prakaraṇa works one can get more benefit from the study of the prasthāna traya.  The best prakaraṇa works are:
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>> Viveka chudamani, Panchadashi, Atmabodha, Tattvabodha, Vāsudeva mananam, etc.  At the end of these one can study the Anubhūti prakāśa of Vidyaranya which beautifully summarises all the Upanishads in verse form.  Uddhavagitā with Swami Paramarthananda's excellent, extremely detailed talks, can be studied for immense benefit.  
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>> warm regards
>> subrahmanian.v
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>>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Vivek via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>>> Hari Om,
>>> 
>>> I was wondering if it is enough to study the Prasthana Traya through talks of Swami Paramarthananda and translations by Swami Gambhirananda (Gita, Upanishads, Brahma Sutras)
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>>> If you study those works thoroughly, is there really any need to study any of the Prakarana Grabthas? If so, which ones are the most important ones?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vivek.
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