[Advaita-l] REFERENCES FROM VARIOUS PURANAS, UPANISHADS, SASTRAS WHERE VISHNU, RAMA, KRISHNA DON BHASMA TRIPUNDRA AND VISHNU IS A PARAMA SHIVA BHAKTA

[Srinath Vedagarbha]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 1:10 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>    Thus, for Shankara, Hari (not any formed deity but Nirguna Brahman) is
> the one that appears as the samsari.  This position is antithetical and
> anathema to non-advaitins.  They can never accept the formed person Vishnu,
> which is Brahman to them, to be appearing as the samsari jiva.
>

That may be the position for Shankara, but Hari shabda, by its yogIka artha
denotes only Vishnu (harithi iti hariH). Also per nArayaNAya vidmaye
vAasudevAya
dhimahi tanno vishNu prachodayAt . If you just say Hari is nirguNa brahman
that does not fly. Do not forget your NB is avAchya and no single shabda
denotes it.

/sv