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[Rajiv Malhotra]

An interesting view is that of Sri Aurobindo. The prakriti-maya in potential
is intrinsic in Brahman. It is not some external veil for there could be
nothing 'other'.


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On Wed, 3 May 2000, a_sandesh wrote:

> I have a question
>
>      Swami Vivekananda has said that before creation there was prakriti in
> unmanifested state called 'Avyaktam'
>      where all three forces 'tamas,Rajas ans sattva' are  held in perfect
> equilibrium.
>      Is this avyaktam same as brahman?

No.  Even in its unmanifest state, matter is maya, a false superimposition
on changeless Brahman.  This is in contrast to Samkhya/Yoga which teaches
a kind of dualism where Prakrti is equal and completely distinct from
Purush (their equivalent of Brahman) which is just an inert observer.


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