Fw: Re: Concept of Mukti and Shankaracharya

[George Cronk]

Forwarded.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Cronk <george9252 at msn.com>
To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Concept of Mukti and Shankaracharya


>In his BRAHMASUTRA-BHASHYA, Adhyaya II, Pada 2, Section 32, Shamkara writes
>the following:  "From whatever points of view the Buddhist systems are
>tested with regard to their plausibility, they cave in on all sides, like
>the walls of a well dug in sandy soil.  [Buddhist philosophy] has, in fact,
>no foundation whatever to rest upon, and thus it is foolish to adopt it as
a
>guide in the practical concerns of life.  Moreover, the Buddha,  by
>presenting three mutually contradictory systems of philosophy -- teaching
>respectively the reality of the external world, the reality of
>consciousness-only, and general emptiness -- has himself made it clear
>either that he was a man given to making incoherent assertions, or else
that
>hatred of all beings moved him to propound absurd doctrines that would
>thoroughly confuse all who might take him seriously.  Thus . . . , the
>Buddha’s doctrine must be entirely disregarded  by  all  those  who  have
a
>regard  for  their  own  happiness."
>
>When Shamkara focuses his analytical and critical dialectic on his
>philosophical opponents, he can be very tough!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA <narayana at HD1.DOT.NET.IN>
>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 8:48 PM
>Subject: Re: Concept of Mukti and Shankaracharya
>
>
>>Please give some references.
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>sarma.
>>At 07:36 AM 12/31/98 +0530, K.S.Arjunwadkar wrote:
>>>Thus, at times, he dubs his opponent who solely relies on
>>>logic/reason as a bull without a tail and horns, ridicules him as
speaking
>>>with an unrestrained mouth, and so on. While concluding his criticism of
>>>the philosophical doctrines of the Buddha, he remarks that the Buddha was
>>>either insane or one who hated the mankind to the extent of taking
>pleasure
>>>in misguiding it. I can, if required, quote from his works to support my
>>>statements.
>>>
>>
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