Shri Karapatri ji Maharaj - Memorial Postal Stamp released

[V Subrahmanian]

The Smaarta Advaita sampradaya has produced numerous stalwarts since ages. One such Mahatman was Shri Karapatri ji Maharaj ( Shri Hariharaananda Saraswati). Swamiji was a great Shaastra-vidvaan, a great Shri Vidyopaasaka, a strict adherent and proponent of Vaidika Varnaashrama dharma. Maharaj ji’s efforts in ensuring the welfare of Gau-vamsha can never be forgotten by us. It is a matter of delight to all astikaas that Maharaj ji’s contributions have been formally recognized by the Government of India and a commemorative postage stamp has been issued with Swamiji’s image. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[putran M]

Wikipedia: On the day of his demise in the year 1980 “Magh Shukla Chaturdashi”, he asked his disciples to sing the "Ayodhya Tyaga" story of Ramayana for him; he himself did the recitation of Sri Sukta and at the end by keeping the idol of Krishna on his chest, he passed away by reciting "Shiva Shiva Shiva" thrice.

Seeing the One is all and all in One. https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/6/verse/30

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[Bhaskar YR]

he himself did the recitation of Sri Sukta and at the end by keeping the idol of Krishna on his chest, he passed away by reciting "Shiva Shiva Shiva" thrice

 

praNAms

Hare Krishna

 

Reciting Shree sUkta (shakti), keeping idol Krishna/vishNu on his chest, chanting shiva!!! Perhaps this brahmajnAni at the end of his physical journey telling us that there is no bheda among shiva, vishNu and shakti.  ekaM sat viprA bahudA vadanti..humble praNAms to this noble soul.  Dont know much about him..where can I have more details about him??

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

 

[V Subrahmanian]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Karpatri

https://pragyata.com/swami-karpatri-ji-the-forgotten-dharma-samarat/

https://centre-aditi.com/2017/03/02/the-true-face-of-swami-karpatri-review/

Here is a list of books authored by the Swamiji:  https://www.amazon.in/Books-Swami-Karpatri/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3ASwami+Karpatri

There could be more articles/books about him.

regards

subbu 

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

 

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[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,

His Holiness Sri Karapatri Swamiji was also the guru of the current Shankaracharya of the Purvamnaya Govardhan Peeth at Puri, Jagadguru Nishchalananda Saraswati Swamiji. 

His Holiness makes frequent references to Karapatri Swamiji when teaching the bhAShya-s during Chaturmasya.

Regards,

Venkatraghavan

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[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms Sri Subbuji

Hare Krishna

 

dhanyavAdagaLu…endarO mahAnubhAvulu andariki vaNadanamulu.

[suresh srinivasamurthy]

Namaste Sri Bhaskar-ji,

"Reciting Shree sUkta (shakti), keeping idol Krishna/vishNu on his chest, chanting shiva!!! Perhaps this brahmajnAni at the end of his physical journey telling us that there is no bheda among shiva, vishNu and shakti.  ekaM sat viprA bahudA vadanti..humble praNAms to this noble soul.  Dont know much about him..where can I have more details about him??"

Personally, I am okay with the above abheda-wada as it unites all Hindus but I am afraid Non-Hindus can also use the same abheda-wada as a weapon against Hindus. There is no valid reason not to convert as Allah or Jesus also will become same as Krishna/Shiva. 

May be accepting the entire universe as that supreme being should be able to eliminate or assimilate all sectarian views within and outside of Hindu dharma!??

Namaste,

Suresh

Regards,
Suresh

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[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms Sri Suresh prabhuji

Hare Krishna

 

Personally, I am okay with the above abheda-wada as it unites all Hindus but I am afraid Non-Hindus can also use the same abheda-wada as a weapon against Hindus.

 

• IMHO, first let us set our house right before peeping into the other houses.  First we have to make our own people to realize that shiva-vishNu etc. are eka tattva appearing differently.  In our own religion we have the people, who just seeing the linga or just because of passing under the shadows of shiva temple immediately will go home, take bath and change yajnOpaveeta to get rid of ashaucham due to having the darshana of smashANa vAsi rudra.  When tri-matastha-s realize that yatkinchit manasA grAhyaM tadgrAhyaM chakshurAdibhiH budhyA cha yatparichhedyaM tadrUpaM akhilaM tava where there can be a fight to prove supremacy of one god over other??  But that is not happening in our own house which is full of fanatics is it not?? 

 

There is no valid reason not to convert as Allah or Jesus also will become same as Krishna/Shiva. 

 

• Again IMHO, there is absolutely no problem in this catholic approach when we are able to see/realize the tattva behind nAnAkAra.  Though when we, as the hindu-s ( the followers of sanAtana dharma) while doing prateekOpAsana would have to entirely depend on shAstra vihita or shAstra endorsed prateeka.  Having said this, in the upAsana we definitely see the bheda among different deities, viniyOga mAntra-s / stotra-s will be different and pooja vidhAna as well.  Ofcourse you agree we the advaitins though don’t see any bheda between shiva and shakti don’t drape the saree to Shivalinga when doing rudrArchana 😊 So vyavahAra bheda will always be there in the prateekOpAsana and resultant phala also will be different as per our upAsana. 

 

May be accepting the entire universe as that supreme being should be able to eliminate or assimilate all sectarian views within and outside of Hindu dharma!??

 

• Yes, yad yad vibhuti matsatyaM…mama tejOsha saMbhavaM says geetaachaarya…

[sunil bhattacharjya]

Dear Bhaskarji,

IMHO, in the Sanatana dharma, there is Pratima (or prateeka)-upasana. Lord Krishna  said "PratimA alpa-buddhinAm, sarvatra samadarsinAm", and  this means a jnani does not need to do Pratima upasana, whereas a beginner needs it, as he or she may not be able to concentrate without a pratima. For us the advaitins, God is Sarvatra. We know that there is no difference between Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva, "Shivasya hrdayam Vishnu, Vishnosccha hrdayam Shiva. The alpabuddhinam among us may need to differentiate between Vishnu and Shiva. You must be aware that in our puja-mandap we may have images, but the actual puja - archana is done on the Kalasha.

Sanatana dharmis revere the black stone or Shiva-linga, and Lord Shiva has the Crescent Moon on his forehead. IMHO, The father of Abraham (Abhiram, according to Purana) was making idols, primarily the 12 idols representing the 12 months, and Abraham  broke all these idols and kept the black-stone in their place. When he was questioned he said that the black stone representing the Chief God (Maha-Deva) broke all the small idols, implying that only the chief God has to be worshipped. Some people believe that Rasul (God's messenger) Muhammad took the above blackstone from the Mount Sinai (in Jordan) to Kaba in Mecca. Muslims also revere the symbol of the Crescent Moon. Muslims worship the chief God Allah (Al-Ilah). The Quran says that Allah has two hands and has a Chair. Allah has three daughters, now called the three pagan goddesses, who are not worshipped.

Jesus, who is said to have come to India at the age of 13 years, went back to his home-land at the age of 29 years  and spread his message there. After a few years he is said to have come back to India. The Gospel of Barnabas says that Jesus was not crucified and a look-alike and his unfaithful disciple, Judas Iscariot)  was cricified in place ofJesus. Jesus" tomb is said to be in Kashmir. Purana says that King Satavahana met Jesus, after he came back to India.  Jesus believed that we all are the children of God and that is why he called himself as the son of God. One of the Gospels say that Jesus knew the meaning of what he said and he deserved to call himself as the son of God. There are a lot of similarities in the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible and I remember to have read about a German scholar's book showing all the similarities.

My 2 cents

Sunil KB

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[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms Sri Sunil prabhuji

Hare Krishna

 

IMHO, in the Sanatana dharma, there is Pratima (or prateeka)-upasana.

 

• Yes, prateeka upAsana and upAsya devata should be permitted by shAstra and vividha devata upAsana would bestow vividha phala says bhAshyakAra.

 

Lord Krishna  said "PratimA alpa-buddhinAm, sarvatra samadarsinAm", and 

 

• Kindly let me know in which geeta verse Lord saying this. 

 

 

this means a jnani does not need to do Pratima upasana, whereas a beginner needs it, as he or she may not be able to concentrate without a pratima.

 

• Yes, but prateeka / Pratima upAsana leads to chitta shuddhi, as a sAdhana it has its importance  in kAmya karma.  And jnAni-s too do Pratima upAsana for lOka kalyANa though it is not exclusively meant for self-aggrandizement (AtmOddhAra). 

 

For us the advaitins, God is Sarvatra. We know that there is no difference between Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva, "Shivasya hrdayam Vishnu, Vishnosccha hrdayam Shiva. The alpabuddhinam among us may need to differentiate between Vishnu and Shiva. You must be aware that in our puja-mandap we may have images, but the actual puja - archana is done on the Kalasha.

 

Ø     IMHO, the shiva vishNu etc. just vikalpa in that paramArtha tattva, so even though we are worshipping shiva & Krishna are different we are worshipping that nirvishesha brahman only in vyAkruta rUpa.  Just reminds me dakshiNa mUrthy stotra, IshvarO gururAtmeti mUrti bhedAd vibhAgine vyOmavat vyApta dehAya dakshiNA murthaye namaH, though these vikalpa-s from the transcendental point of view is mithyA, it has its own system in transactional plat form.  That which lead us to paramArtha it is nothing but vyAkruta rUpa of that paramArtha only hence worthy to be propitiated with upAsana dhyAna japa etc.