[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[Belavadi Shankar]

I have read both sribhashya and Shankqra bhashya. In sribhashya I had to
make so many disagreeing remarks in the marjin of my book.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 at 7:50 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> PraNAms
> Some thoughts.
> 1. There is a strong assertion that Brahmasutras refutes the theories of
> Buddism particularly the vijnana vaada.
> 2. Buddism is around 500 BC but the philosophical foundations were laid
> out much later presumably after the first Sangham. Nagarjuna is supposed to
> be around 3rd Century AD. Apparently, there are four vaadas in Buddhism
> itself as is been discussed and refuted by Advaita Acharyas.
> 3. Many traditional Acharyas and Meemamsakas equate Badarayana with Vyaasa.
> 4. There were supposed to be other Brahmasutras but they did not survive
> and only the Badarayana's was ultimately accepted since many acharyas made
> commentaries on it.
> 5. There is a theory that the author of the survived Brahmasutras,
> Badarayana, around 3rd or 4th century after Nagarjuna since there was no
> record of Nagarjuna acknowledging the existence of Brahmasutra.
> 6. Importance of Brahma Sutra is given more by Dviata and Visishtadvaita,
> since the claim is that it is in tune more with these philosophical
> positions that with Advaita. This statement is always refuted by Advaitins.
> 7. In the final analysis, it helps in clarifying or resolving some of the
> apparent contradictions in the smRities and shruti statements for an
> earnest seeker.
> Hari Om!Sadananda
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