Theos-Talk Archives (August 2008 Message tt00011)

Anand,

You and other interested readers might want to CONTRAST and
COMPARE the 3 definitions I gave by Blavatsky and KH with what 
Madhva, the Hindu theologian/philosopher, taught and also with what 
you said Jnaneshwar taught.  

See those 3 definitions by Blavatsky and KH in the following posting:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/45482

And you will find BELOW Jnaneshwar's teaching (as given by you) and 
Madhva's teaching (as given in THE OXFORD COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHY,  

MY FINAL COMMENTS WILL BE FOUND AT THE VERY END OF THIS POSTING BELOW.

JNANESHWAR'S TEACHING
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> St. Jnaneshwar writes in it that it is sin to consider ourselves
> separate from God. He wrote that God is the only one who exists, all
> forms which we see with senses are maya or illusion.
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MADHVA'S TEACHING
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...Warning that you cannot adore God if you think that you are
identical with him, he [Madhva] also celebrates all five differences
denied by the idealist monists, namely,

God...[is distinct from] the world,

God...[is distinct from you or I am distinct from God],

I... [am distinct from] you,

I...[am distinct from] the table,

the table...[is distinct from] the chair....

Liberation, attainable only through devoted worship of the personal
God, brings blissful proximity to, but never equality with, God,
though some sinners (non-dualists?) remain eternally damned!
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Unless I'm missing out on something or not understanding something, 
then it appears to me that Madhva's teaching is QUITE DIFFERENT from 
KH's, HPB's and Jnaneshwar's teachings. 

Anand, what do you think??

Daniel
http://hpb.cc