[Advaita-l] Shankara authenticates Shiva

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:21 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Shankara himself is selective there.  He has clearly said that the
> > background story is only incidental. He has left out the chaff after
> > separating the grains. So, the information that you want to highlight is
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> > approved by Shankara as it is useless, having zero value for Vedanta.
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> Nowhere in the context of the BSB quotes does Shankara say that he is
> selectively quoting things. I think you are merely superimposing your
> personal views on Shankara.
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Shankara's work is not confined to BSB. You are merely superimposing your
personal views on Shankara by alleging what he has not said at all.

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> > Shankara has implicitly mentioned it in his 'ityevamādīni.'
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> So what? He says Vishnu is supreme at multiple places. So Vishnu is
> not a created entity.
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In that Br.up 1.4.11 Shankara implies that he is a created entity. The
Supreme epithet for Vishnu is for the vyāpanaśīla Nirguna Brahman. That is
what he says in the Kathopanishad where the attainment of NB is the
context.

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