Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00062)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Raghu K" <raghu_k@a...> wrote:
> Cream Stationery
> hi
> 
> They say Sankaracharya / saints are high esteemed ! Is not high 
esteem,
> superiority complex / arrogance?? If not, how does it map with the
> character of a person ? Can anyone clarify ??

I never did like Sankara much. I have studied and worked with his 
sadhana catustaya for many years, but he said things such as Sudras 
should have molten lead poured down their throats if they heard 
anyone sing the Vedas and stuff like that. Not a pleasant man and 
one with certainly a dark side. I also found his BRAHMA SUTRAS 
intolerably boring. My taste leans more toward Patanjali and 
especially his commentator Vyasa. He is the one who said meditation 
consists in stopping the modificatiosn of the mind, which some on 
this list seem to think is a bad idea. In fact it is the basis in 
one form or another of all meditation.