01-18-2005, 03:15 PM
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Pathma, you are right and wrong at the same time. It is not the associatgion with Sankara that gives Advaita its invincibility. It is the other way around. It is in the exposition of Advaita and bringing it within reach of ordinary mortals that adds luster to the memory of this extraordinary individual.
I also agree with you (if that is what you assert) that teh deification ofindividuals is foreign to the tenets of the dharma. But at the same time we the modern Sanatani will not take it lying down while his name is vilified and dragged in the mud as if he was a common murderer and a thief (and believe me we have more than our fair share of such charlatans in high public life in India)
Pathma, you are right and wrong at the same time. It is not the associatgion with Sankara that gives Advaita its invincibility. It is the other way around. It is in the exposition of Advaita and bringing it within reach of ordinary mortals that adds luster to the memory of this extraordinary individual.
I also agree with you (if that is what you assert) that teh deification ofindividuals is foreign to the tenets of the dharma. But at the same time we the modern Sanatani will not take it lying down while his name is vilified and dragged in the mud as if he was a common murderer and a thief (and believe me we have more than our fair share of such charlatans in high public life in India)