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The Great Arguments
If there is only Brahman, there is nobody to worship and nobody to do the worshipping. He knew that, and went on worshipping.
He wrote the definitive defence of the doctrine that the world is appearance, and he wept for Krishna.
Those are supposed to be different people. Madhusudana Sarasvati was both, and the interesting question is how.
Born around 1490, in a village in Bengal. Unashia, in what is now the Kotalipara area of Gopalganj district.
Into a Vaishnava Brahmin family. His name before he took orders was Kamalanayana.
He died around 1580, and by then he was the most formidable Advaitin alive.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.