Re: Authority of acharyas and following their sampradayas
Originally Posted by
Mukunda
Namaste all,
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Padma Purana 25.7:
mayavadam asacchastram pracchannam bauddhamuchyate
maya iva vihitam devi kalau brahmana murttina
Maya-vada is an asat zastra – mAyavAdam asacchAstram , and is known – ucyate as disguised Buddhism - pracchanannaM
bauddham . O devi in kali yuga voi lua forma unui brAhmaNa - devi kalau brAhmaNa-mUrtinA to teach that by Myself - mayaiva vihitaM
Does anybody know about Ramanujacharya, Madvacharya or any acharya who form their own sampradayas/philosophy also saying that they follow vedas.
--Mukunda
Namaste Mukunda,
What is 'zastra'? Is it some potent ashtra -- some dangerous weapon? Vedas speak of Rudra's blazing ashtra -- the blazing arrow, which illumines and also deludes and destroys. Is it also known as 'zastra'? I think 'Zarathustra' may also be derived from this very 'zastra' you mention of.
Just my wild guess but you never know His mischief.
And the fun you know? How much is "mayavadam asacchastram pracchannam bauddhamuchyate" vedic that we begin questioning validity of Gurus from Vedic point of view, using the above and more such verses? And I am now sure that 'zastra' is a very potent 'ashtra', fiery.
Om
Last edited by atanu; 29 August 2007 at 03:54 AM.
That which is without letters (parts) is the Fourth, beyond apprehension through ordinary means, the cessation of the phenomenal world, the auspicious and the non-dual. Thus Om is certainly the Self. He who knows thus enters the Self by the Self.
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