tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post3863210992469161802..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: How to establish the validity of a "new" Sacred Textelisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-6780692940376589712011-09-22T12:12:23.366+02:002011-09-22T12:12:23.366+02:00Elisa:
I would surmise that it is a combination of...Elisa:<br />I would surmise that it is a combination of factors which might include long familiarisation with the text and no obvious contradictions with 'pure' sruti having emerged, the acceptance of the text by the 'apta' , the evident results spiritual and material gained by its devotees. Have you ever looked at <i>Sundarya Lahari</i> ? Even though it has a lot of respect it is probably too eccentric to become a central text. You know a great deal more examples yourself of the respected but the non-srutabile!<br /><br />Every Swami worth his idlis has written a commentary on the B.G. including Shankaracarya.michael reidynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-29295000105234620732011-09-21T21:56:20.038+02:002011-09-21T21:56:20.038+02:00Yes, but then someone has to explain why it is so....Yes, but then someone has to explain why it is so. This is what happened to Vedānta Deśika: the authority of the Pañcarātra was beyond dispute among his Śrī Vaiṣṇava fellows, but he had to establish it philosophically.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-22086222962150695232011-09-21T17:07:04.015+02:002011-09-21T17:07:04.015+02:00The Bhagavad Gita has become part of the canon for...The Bhagavad Gita has become part of the canon for vedantins even though it is of human origin. Like the saints by acclamation of the Catholic Church you have sruti by general acceptance of such.michael reidynoreply@blogger.com