[Advaita-l] Who is 'Jagadguru'?

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Thu Apr 11 14:12:08 EDT 2019


A short animated debate in Sanskrit-Hindi.

https://youtu.be/Jk8tYFXkmHc

It is a debate on 'whether Shankaracharya alone can be 'Jagadguru'.  I
don't see nyaya shaastra here. The sannyasi says, rather reasons: For us,
Krishna is Jagadguru. And Shankaracharya alone can be Jagadguru and
Ramanuja and Madhva can't. Reason: Shankara's realization is 'aham brahma
asmi'. Brahman alone can be jagadguru, same as Krishna. But in Ramanuja and
Madhva, their realization is never 'aham brahma' but 'aham jiva alone.'
How can jiva be jagadguru? This is the line of argument.

regards
subbu


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