ratikala
Istha gosthi
namaskaram Shivosomashekhar ji ,
am I to take it from your reply that you deem Bhaja Govindam to be in some way incomparable to Advaitin philosophy ?
prehaps you missunderstood the initial question , ''what does Bhaja Govindam mean to you ? ''....I do not think it was initialy intended to be a philosopical debate , simply a personal responce, ...
what is, or what do you mean by ''proper philosophy'' ?
Are you feeling that Baja Govindam was aimed at a differnt class of person ?
we wre taught that Bhaja Govindam was Adi Shankaracharya's final synopsis , .....in other and simpler words, .... what realy matters , ....Bhaja Govindam , Bhaja Govindam
...Did he not intend this to encorage his devotees to abandon gramatical juggelry , ...?
and what does it say of this lofty aquired philosophy ?
he says nothing , he simply says ......
O deluded minded friend,
chant Govinda, worship Govinda,
love Govinda as there is no other way to cross the life's ocean except lovingly remembering the holy names of God.॥33॥
By "we", do you mean Advaitins? The Bhaja Govindam is a simple and short poem and I do not see how it can become the basis to challenge the interpretation and understanding of Advaita philosophy. The sutra Bhashya, the Upanishad bhashyas and Prakarana texts define the philosophy and go into a lot of depth. Poems like the Bhaja Govindam, Soundarya Lahari, etc., are not intended for proper philosophical understanding. The intended audience is different in both cases too.
am I to take it from your reply that you deem Bhaja Govindam to be in some way incomparable to Advaitin philosophy ?
prehaps you missunderstood the initial question , ''what does Bhaja Govindam mean to you ? ''....I do not think it was initialy intended to be a philosopical debate , simply a personal responce, ...
what is, or what do you mean by ''proper philosophy'' ?
Are you feeling that Baja Govindam was aimed at a differnt class of person ?
Short statements cannot do justice to any philosophy. Obviously, there is a lot more to it and that depth cannot be gleaned from poems like the Bhaja Govindam. I would recommend Atma Bodha or the Upadesha Sahasri. The authorship of both texts is attributed to Shankara.
we wre taught that Bhaja Govindam was Adi Shankaracharya's final synopsis , .....in other and simpler words, .... what realy matters , ....Bhaja Govindam , Bhaja Govindam
...Did he not intend this to encorage his devotees to abandon gramatical juggelry , ...?
and what does it say of this lofty aquired philosophy ?
he says nothing , he simply says ......
O deluded minded friend,
chant Govinda, worship Govinda,
love Govinda as there is no other way to cross the life's ocean except lovingly remembering the holy names of God.॥33॥