[Advaita-l] An article in Kannada – Reply to Sri Bannanje Govindacharya’s views

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:08 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Subbu ji
> With my limited knowledge of the kannada script based on similarity to
> Telugu, I could understand the initial argument viz., Sri Bannanje G is
> saying that
>
>  "Only Madhva has emphasized the primacy of " anubhava" (experience) in
> arriving at the truth; there is no need to accept even what is in the Vedas
> if it contradicts "anubhavam". Why do you people (advaitins)  claim " I am
> brahman" when it contradicts your anubhava, and go around proclaiming this
> blatant lie?"
>

Yes, Raghav ji, you have correctly grasped the essence of the article.

>
> Apart from the obvious misrepresentation and misunderstanding of advaita
> and ignoring numerous references in advaita to anubhavam GYAnam, I wonder
> what he says about how many common folks have had the 'anubhavam' of Sri
> Krishna, particularly the anubhavam of the inferior status of other forms
> of Ishvara etc.?
>

This is a very nice point, worthy of pondering by those who proclaim the
hierarchy.

regards
subbu

>
> I had assumed Sri Bannanje G was somewhat more coherent than this?
>
> Om
> Raghav
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan, 2021, 4:25 pm V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > In a recent video interview, the noted Madhva scholar Late Sri Bannanje
> > Govindacharya had made some observations on 'anubhava - experience',
> > Tattvamasi, etc.  Here is a response to these.  The article is in
> Kannada:
> >
> > https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bannanje-rep-r.pdf
> >
> > regards
> > subbu
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