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Current Issue From the Editors' desk @ CONTENTS Dear Readers, TATVAVADA It is to be noted with dismay that in Sri Vidyamanya Sandesha 5 countries other than India, only the Advaita Yativaani 8 Darshana of Shankaracharya is widely Research Article 10 Volume : 2 Issue : 2 March-April 2002 known. More dismaying are the facts that Special Article 14 it alone is known there as the whole and Presidential Address 20 sole Indian philosophy and, even in many Upanishad Section 22 PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY parts of India, the level of our own peoples' being informed about Indian philosophies is Geeta Section 26 We come across two lines of thinking ; The also the same. What we must be and are Purana Section 28 much concerned about and worried of is that Sarvamula Section 30 Materialism, which recognises only the perceptable the only rational Darshana of Acharya Youth Section 33 mundane world and rejects all the imperceptable supra- Madhva remains in darkness for such people. Dasa Sahitya Section 37 It's not that they do not want to know about Pavana Yatra 44 mundane as inconsequential. The other is spirituality, Dvaita Darshana. It's the lethargy of us Comment 47 concerned that keeps them deprived. Along which gives little or no credence to the philosophical with some other reasons one major reason Haridasa Vaani 48 A Eespectful Homage 49 world and rejects it as illusion and lays great stress only is the language barrier. For international propoganda if English is the link, in the on 'Atman' and its uplift and emancipation. While the national level it is Hindi. Though lot remains Type setting : to be done in the English front this journal Poornaprajna Samshodhana naked materialism promotes and encourages greed, lust blessed by Poojya Sri Vishvesha Tirtha strives Mandiram, Bangalore-28. and lawlessness, the dry spirituality leads to fatalism to do it's bit. In the Hindi front also a Cover design by : remarkable beginning was done by installing Sri K. M. Sheshagiri and inaction. Acharya madhva strikes a golden mean a Swamiji in Prayaga region. Poojya Sri SUBSCRIPTION Vidyavallabha Tirtha more respectfully and between these two extreme and mutually contradictory popularly known as Prayaga Swamiji who Issue : Rs. 10-00 Yearly : Rs. 50-00 ideologies and thus presents a Practial Philosophy. got intiated to Sannyasa by the great sage Patron : Rs. 1000-00 of the century Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha, ABROAD H.H. SRI VISHVESHA TIRTHA SWAMIJI dedicated his silent unstinted services to the cause of propogating Madhva Darshana in Issue : $ 5/- Yearly : $ 30/- North. He had attained Haripada on (Outstation cheques must include the Editorial Board Advisory Board 10.12.01 It is a great loss to us and to Bank charges.) Chief Editor : Prof. K.T. Pandurangi Dr. V.R. Panchamukhi the community. ABMM pays most respectful Cheque/D.D./M.O. for subscription may Prof. D. Prahlada Char be sent in favour of : Editors Prof. D.N. Shanubhag Pranamas and Homage to this Yati. All of Tatvavada (English), Prof. A. Haridasa Bhat, Sri K.V. Murthy Yerkadithaya us should put our efforts to fill the void The Secretary, A.B.M.M.Mandala, Dr.C.H. Srinivasa Murthy Sri K. Gopinath created and to widen the ways and means P.P. Vidyapeetha, Bangalore-28 Executive Editors Publisher to spread Acharya Madhva's Tattvavada to Sri U.B. Gururajacharya, Sri Vasanata Kumar Parigi all such dark areas without furhter loss of Tel : 080-6690068, 6694026 Pt. Tirumala Kulkarni, Secretary, E-mail : [email protected] Pt. Srinivasa Varakhedi A.B.M.M.Mandala, Bangalore-28 time. -Editors Web address : http://www.tatvavada.org Mar.-Apr.-2002 TATVAVADA 56 TATVAVADA Mar.-Apr.-2002 Sri Vidyamanya Sandesha : to all others). The word Â"·Pk" is used to denote all ≤"i|"E"s or NINE GEMS OF TATVAVADA living souls, who can be divided into those who have to go The last and lasting message of Sri Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha swamiji through destruction of the body (in transmigration like us) and those who have no such experience. All souls right up English translation : Sri N.A.P.S. Rao to Brahma and other gods have to experience loss of their (Contd. from the previous issue) bodies during Â"‡eÎ" (universal dissolution) and are thus A"ªÂ"·Pk"s. Here a question can be raised on the word Â"ª|"ª. The word Only Lakshmi does not have any destruction of her body at any time. She has a body whose essence is made of ˘"{E", is derived from Â"ª, Â"ª|"ª and Â"ª|"ß" – Superior, more superior È{E"El etc. She is called Â"·Pk", though she is feminine, as she and most superior. Krishna has said that he is Â"ª|"ª and not has the capacity of a Â"·Pk" (masculine gender). Narayana is Â"ª|"ß". A doubt can therefore arise whether there is someone superior to both A"ª and ÈA"ªÂ"·Pk"s. This is the essence of all else who is Â"ª|"ß" other than Krishna. But, this is not correct, the Vedas, all the shasthras and the entire Geetha. This has as actually both the words mean the same. Acharya Madhva been stated by Acharya Shankara also in his Bhashya : has given the meaning of the word Para as one who is never ëE" ÷iÒ˙"ew C"˙"{if <∫ ˆ"”|"{U"{C‰"{¨"f# C"ß"{C"iE" ≈òÒ# <÷ÒE|"· C"ß"C|"U"{C‰"{¨"f‚"í afflicted by sorrow (either in the past or in future). Only . Lakshmi and Narayana are qualified to be called as Para, as This means that the statement that Narayana is Â"·Pk"{iy"ß" is not neither of them is ever affected by sorrow. As there are only just the purport of the entire Geetha, but is also the essence two such persons, who can be compared, the comparitive word of all the Shasthras. In the shloka – ëÎ"{i e{i÷Ò‰"Î"ß"{<˙"UÎ" <µ"„"<|"f Â"ª|"ª also indicates Â"ª|"ß". Krishna has said in the 15th chapter È˙Î"Î"# —fX"ª#í which occurs here – the use of the word Iswara of Geetha: who is immanent every where and controls and supports every ëü{<˙"ß"{ Â"·Pk"{ e{i÷iÒ A"ª‚"{A"ª Ã˙" ≤" $ thing can give a possible meaning that Pÿ is being referred A"ª# C"˙"{f<Ó" „"±|"{<E" ÷±ÒN>C¨"{i&A"ª ≈≤Î"|"i $$ to, as he is commonly known as —fX"ª. To clarify this, Acharya ≈y"ß"# Â"·Pk"C|˙"EÎ"# Â"ªß"{|ß"i|Î"·l{¸|"# $ Shankara writes – ë—fX"ª# —fU"E"U"”e{i E"{ª{Î"Ó"#í or —fX"ª means Î"{i e{i÷Ò‰"Î"ß"{<˙"UÎ" <µ"„"|Î"f˙Î"Î" —fX"ª# $$ Narayana who controls every one else and He is not Pÿ. Thus Î"Cß"{|A"ªß"|"”|"{i&∫ß"A"ª{l<Â" ≤"{iy"ß"# $ the doubt that Acharya Shankara may hold Pÿ as sarvotthama È|"{i&ìCß" e{i÷iÒ ˙"ili ≤" Â"‡<¨"|"# Â"·Pk"{iy"ß"# $$ is also removed. He has clearly held that Narayana is Î"{i ß"{ß"i˙"ß"C"ßß"±c>{i ¬"{E"{<|" Â"·Pk"{iy"ß"ß"Ø $ purushotthama according to the shasthras and this fact is the C" C"˙"f<˙"lØ „"¬"<|" ß"{w C"˙"f„"{˙"iE" „"{ª|" $$ essence of all the shasthras. —<|" ˆ"·fi|"ß"w U"{C‰"<ß"lsß"·òwÒ ß"Î"{&E"x" $ Acharya Madhva has also established by valid Â"‡ß"{Ó"s that Ã|"lØ µ"·lØ‹˙"{ µ"·<’ß"{E"Ø CÎ"{|"Ø ÷DÒ|"÷DÒ|Î"‚" „"{ª|" $$í Narayana is C"˙"{ify"ß". This superiority is not ˙Î"{˙"∫{´ª÷Ò (as held These shlokas constitute the essence of Bhagavadgeetha. by Acharya Shankara) but is Â"{ªß"{<¨"f÷Ò. (˙Î"{˙"∫{´ª÷ means that Krishna is explaining that He is Â"·Pk"{iy"ß" or C"˙"{ify"ß" (superior it is essentially unreal but has a kind of real existence in the Mar.-Apr.-2002 TATVAVADA 78 TATVAVADA Mar.-Apr.-2002 world, which will get sublated eventually, while Â"{ªß"{<¨"f÷Ò means Yativaani : that it is absolutely real and will never get sublated.) Messages from Sri Vibudhesha Tirtha Ramanuja Acharya also says that Narayana is C"˙"{ify"ß", but also says that in Mukthi, the liberated souls and Narayana have (Sri Vibudhesha Tirtha Swamiji of Sri Admaru Matha, Udupi was equal bliss. This parama samya (complete equivalence) of bliss contradicts the C"˙"{ify"ß"|˙" of Narayana which should be there inaugurating the cultural programmes for the next two years of Sri at all times. Only Acharya Madhva has categorically stated Krishna Pooja Paryaya period of Sri Vidyadheesha Tirtha of Sri Palimaru that Narayana is C"˙"{ify"ß". Matha, Udupi in the evening on 18.1.2002 at the Rajangana Sabhabhavana Rudra and Brahma etc. give boons to l |Î"{s and ª{A"C"s of of Udupi Sri Krishna Matha. The following are the excerpts from his becoming immortal (after they seek such boons with severe inaugural speech.) penance). Narayana in His incarnations on the earth rejects Experience the U"{À{¨"f : these boons and kills such l |Î"{s. It is, therefore, clear that Narayana is superior to Rudra and Brahma, as He can overlook Acharya Madhva stresses the importance of Anubhava (the their boons. It is thus concluded that Narayana is neither equal self experience) by calling it as the most valid Pramana. He to or identical with Rudra and Brahma, but is sarvotthama. puts it as ëU"{À{¨"fÎ"·Í|"{E"·„"˙"w Â"‡ß"{Ó"ß"Ø ≈y"ß"w ß"|"ß"Ø $í Study the U"{À We have explained briefly the subject of the Sarvotthamathva and understand the U"{À{¨"f.
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