Re: Chronology
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• February 10, 2000
Dear Bhagavatas/Sri. Sampath, I am submitting below material taken form the speeches of an Advaitic yogi. I am doing this mainly to illustrate how an Orthodox Vedantin (Advaita, Vis'istAdvaita, Dwaita) would approach this issue. The approach of Sri. Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari is Neo- Vedantic. I personally prefer the Orthodox view; I find rational idealism more appealing than empirical pragmaticism (i am using this term in the following sense: something you can relate to easily based on observations in the world of phenomena.) According to the orthodox view: Iitihasa means a true story. The story is 100% true, not mostly or partially true; that is the orthodox view. Whether an individual accepts such a view depends on whether the individual has an inclination for orthodox Vedanta or not (that is he or she has an inclination for Neo Vedanta.) Start Quote: "Itihasam"="iti-ha-sam" (it has happened thus ). The "ha" in the middle means "without doubt", "truly". So an itihasa means a true story, also a contemporarary account. Vyasa, author of the Mahabharata, lived during the time of the five Pandavas and was witness to the events narrated by him in his epic. There is thus no reason to doubt their authenticity. The "ha" in" itihasa"confirms this. The word "itihasa" can also mean "thus speak they" (that is "great men say that it must be so"). "Aitihya" is not an account of what is directly witnessed: it is to be accepted as a matter of faith. It is also derived from "iti" (thus great men have spoken "). ramanuja dasan, Venkat SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi
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