Madanmohandas Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 So I'm off for today. See if anyone offers some deliberations on the first point. 'Divine truths are declared in the Vedas'. Vaisnava carane dandavat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 From 'A Garland of Vaisnava Truths' by Srila Bhaktivinoda: Q. What command has the supremely worshipable Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu given to us? A. His order is this: that we very carefully observe the nine instructions of truth that Sri Madhvacarya has given us through the guru-parampara (disciplic succession). Q. Who form the guru-parampara? A. The adi-guru (original guru) of all the spiritual masters in the disciplic succession is Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Showing His great mercy, He gave instructions in the truth to Lord Brahma, the adi-kavi (original poet). These truths were in turn taught by Brahma to Sri Narada, by Narada to Vyasa, and successively from Vyasa to Sri Madhvacarya. Such instructions received through this disciplic succession are called Guru-Parampara-Upadesa. Q. What are the names of these nine instructions given by Sri Madhvacarya? A. Their names are thus: 1) Bhagavan alone is the Supreme truth, one without a second. 2) He is the object of knowledge in all the Vedas. 3) The universe is real [satya]. 4) Differences [between Isvara, jiva and matter] are real. 5) Jiva souls are the servants of Lord Hari. 6) All souls are different according to their different situations. 7) Liberation [moksa] is the name of attainment of Bhagavan's feet. 8) Bhagavan's pure worship [amala bhajana] is the only way to attain liberation. 9) Pratyaksa [direct perception], anumana [logic], and sabda [spiritual sound] are the three types of evidence. I notice that we see "AMALA" again here in point eight, spotless bhajana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madanmohandas Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Where else did we see 'amala'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/spiritual-discussions/443853-why-sb-called-spotless-purana.html?highlight=spotless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madanmohandas Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 O yes of course. I had it as 'imaculate'. Untainted and stainless and uncontaminated are good synonyms too. Anyway I'm going to withdraw from this internet sanga now as I find it a bit dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon: Search Results <!-- SQL query: select buch,st,en from tamil where buch=1 and (st regexp '[[:<:]]amala[[:>:]]') order by st --> <table cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1</td> <td valign="top"> amala</td> <td valign="top">mf(%{A})n. spotless , stainless , clean , pure , shining ;</td></tr></tbody></table> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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