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yajvan
06 April 2007, 08:32 AM
Hari Om
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Namaste,

Many on this HDF discuss Advaita meaning 'not two' from a or 'not' and dvatia 'dual or two'. This term defines the non-duality of Brahman. All this is One. This Smarta Sampradaya is gounded in advaita.

It would be wise to consider looking at Smarta Sampradaya from smr, to "remember". Now to remember what ? That I am this SELF... the last words of Arjuna to Krsna he says his mohah is dispelled and 'smrtih labdha' and memory is regained. What is regained? The knowledge of his ture SELF is returned.


If one has time please consider reading ( and commenting) on the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartism#Advaita_Vedanta




pranams,

saidevo
06 February 2011, 07:24 AM
Here is an educative article on the smArta sampradAya and the role it has played in uniting the warring sects of Hinduism, under the vision of shrI Adi Shankara bhagavadpAda:

Smartas - The Eclectic Hindus
http://brahmins.makeforum.net/t952-smartas-the-eclectic-hindus

Believer
06 February 2011, 11:21 AM
Thank you both for providing the links. Before joining this forum I had not even heard of this term 'Smarta', but had practiced it all my life in terms of the reverence to 'all Hindu Gods'. The concept of unifying all Hindus is, many a times lost in the forum because of people's adherence to a single deity and allegiance to a single Acharya. How I wish there would be reverence for all deities and respect for all Acharyas among the entire Hindu population.

Jai Sri Shiva, Vishnu, Sakti, Skanda, Sun