http://himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2010...ok-dham-ashram/
It was pretty interesting to have people of different traditions exchanging their views on the respective philosophies. Didn't mean that both accepted that the philosophies are completely equivalent, but they drew parallels and compared notes on their view points and very cordially. I think this is the way to go, present the views of one's own sect and point out its uniqueness while respecting the insight of others.
Anyway it is far off for GV to do so. Instead either people just focus on superficially just being sweet with each other saying everything is ok or strongly ridiculing other philosophies.
It's nice that they could do that. I found it interesting that the Saivaites referred to their path as "monistic theism." This seems oxymoronic to me considering that ultimately the Deity disappears in their conception.
It's nice that they could do that. I found it interesting that the Saivaites referred to their path as "monistic theism." This seems oxymoronic to me considering that ultimately the Deity disappears in their conception.
It does in some conceptions and it does not in others. See all the schools of saivism, which is very different from advaita vedanta in the sense that is sees the world as real creation and person form to be real, though there can be a higher and lower conception.
In some schools individuality is retained till eternity.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ix-schools.html
http://www.saivism.net/resources/links.asp
IT would be good to be informed with these variations while debating with scholars of the schools and comparing it with one's own sect.
It does in some conceptions and it does not in others. See all the schools of saivism, which is very different from advaita vedanta in the sense that is sees the world as real creation and person form to be real, though there can be a higher and lower conception.In some schools individuality is retained till eternity.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ix-schools.html
http://www.saivism.net/resources/links.asp
IT would be good to be informed with these variations while debating with scholars of the schools and comparing it with one's own sect.
Good point in your final sentence. I assumed that Saivites are ultimately Advaitins based on my past experience with Sivananda's lineage, particularly the way they talk about Siva and Sakti being ultimately one nondual consciousness.