Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Srila Sridhara Swami was not a mayavadi

In actual fact Sridhara Maharaj was never an impersonalist but more to Purified Advaita(suddhaadvaita).In his line of thought the living entity is a plenary portion of God,Maya is considered an energy of the Lord while The material world is the sport of the Lord so in in one sense these three are interrelated with the Supreme Lord(vastu).In the Second verse of the Bagavatam, vedyamvastavm atra vastu sivadam, lSrila Sridhar Swami has commented by saying that all the three namely the living entity is a portion of the whole(Vastu),the external energy maya its energy, and the material world the play of the Vastu which clearly proves he was never an impersonalist for the mayavadis do not believe in the existence of the three,jiva ,maya and the external world ,for them only the vastu(brahman) is real.
Next in his Bhavartha commentary,Srila Sridhara Swami has never mentioned any other Acarya with the exception of Srila Vishnuswami,founder of Purified Impersonalism(suddha advaita),his commentaries have a almost absolute leaning to the theories propagated by the latter.He ,Sridhara Swami was a votary of Lord Nrsingha as he himself wrote in his commentary-Nrsingham aham bhaje.
Further the impersonalists would perform worship of all including Siva but ultimately their goal was to desire to merge in the impersonal Brahman but we can understand that Sridhara Swami accepted Lord Krishna as the Supreme and Lord Siva ,His devotee according to that Rudra disciplic sucession.(Vishnuswami)
He has accepted the non difference between the holy name and the Supreme which Rupa Goswami has collected and written in his book 'Padyavali' ,in contrast , the impersonalists do not believe in the existence of the Lord's name ,form ,qualities as eternal and as non different to the Supreme himself.
Finally Sriman Mahaprabhu has hailed Srila Sridhara Swami as the champion of devotion and the Acarya of the Holy Bhagavat while He has condemned the ordinary impersonalists as destroyers of devotion which is the conclusive proof.

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