[Advaita-l] SAGE UPAMANYU PART 32 - UPAMANYU SAYS SHIVA CAN GRANT THE POST OF BRAHMA, VISHNU & INDRA TO ANYBODY

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:28 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:

> But I think these type of statements are a form of praise and shouldn't be
> taken literally.
>

Advaitins alone view such statements, about Vishnu or Rudra, as 'na ni
nindaa nyaaya', that is a praise of one deity against another, to inculcate
devotion to the former.  Since the Bhakti siddhanta also says that no other
deity should be denigrated in real terms and this will cause the
displeasure of the deity he holds high, there is a check on the devotee's
attitude towards his non-Ishta devataa.

regards


>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021, 14:22 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:27 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
>> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The madhwas say such statements are to delude the ayogyas and implant
>>> hari devsha into them.
>>>
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>> If Veda Vyasa were to do something to produce dvesha in a person for
>> Bhagavan, then Veda Vyasa cannot be considered to be an incarnation of
>> Bhagavan who had the mission to do good.  Someone who intends to do good to
>> a human will never do anything to engender  dvesha for Bhagavan.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
>>
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