[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Spiritual pursuit and familiy traditions

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Namaskaram,

Another classic example is that of the great Advaitin Madhusudhana
Saraswati, well known as also a great Krishna bhakta and born into a
vaishnava tradition.

Lalitha

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On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM Rk via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Sandeep ji
> I might add that the pursuit of Advaita-based sadhana entails no
> significant change in the karmas and traditional and cultural practices if
> a Sri Vaishnava or Madhva chooses to follow advaita as the guiding
> principle. Sri Krishna Bhagavan would continue to be one’s Ishta devata.
> Even passages exalting Vishnu over Shiva would be taken as arthavaada
> (non-literal interpretation) to inculcate greater devotion. Such devices
> were employed even by Sri Tyagaraja in his compositions exalting Sri Rama
> over Bhagavan Shiva or Vishnu.
> Only Verses or ideas or passages explicitly abusing Shankara or logically
> attempting to counter advaita will be alone need to be understood as
> logically incorrect.
> OmRaghav
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> On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 10:21 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM నావికుడు <navikudu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello all,
> >
> > Namaskaram.  Discussions in one of the recently active threads raised an
> > important question. Could you kindly shed some light on this, preferably
> > with references or examples?
> >
> > Is a person born into a particular tradition (e.g. Dwaitha, Advaitha or
> > Visishtadvaitha) supposed to stick to the same tradition in their
> spiritual
> > pursuit throughout their life?  Or should a person apply genuine inquiry
> > and honestly seek the Truth even if it takes him / her  beyond own family
> > tradition?
> >
> > Pranaams
> > Sandeep Achar
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> A year ago I met a young man, in his mid 20's, who had accompanied his
> Acharya to an Advaita Chintana event.  During the five-day stay there I had
> interacted with him and got to know that he was a Madhwa from a town in
> Karnataka.  While doing CA course in Bangalore he had come into close
> contact with the Sri Ramakrishna Ashram.  Over time he developed a deep
> resolve to become a monk in that Order. Naturally his family resisted the
> idea. They got a couple of Madhwa pandits to talk to him.  They even got
> the intervention of the pontiff of a very famous Madhwa Mutt.  But he was
> firm in his resolve. He was pursuing serious study of Advaita in a
> traditional manner under that Acharya.
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> There are such examples in all traditions. From Smarta to Srivaishnava and
> Madhwa and from the other two traditions conversion to Advaita.  They have
> happened in the past and do happen now.
>
> warm regards
> subbu
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