Creation theories (was Re: What is the exact meaning/significance of this?)

[kalyan chakravarthy]

Namaskaaram,

>You quite misunderstand ajAti-vAda if you take the statement "creation
>never happened" to mean "creation is a dream". A dream "happens," in the
>mind of the dreamer

Are you saying that creation never happened or are you saying that it is a
dream? If it is a dream, is the process of dreaming real or is it again a
dream, which is again a dream, which is again a dream, which is again a
dream...


Best regards
Kalyan






>From: Vidyasankar <vsundaresan at HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: List for advaita vedanta as taught by Shri Shankara
><ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
>To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
>Subject: Re: Creation theories (was Re: What is the exact
>meaning/significance of this?)
>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:36:40 -0400
>
> >>According to strict advaita-vedanta, creation never
> >>happened, period. This is called "ajAti-vAda"
> >>(doctrine of non-generation), and is the final Truth
> >>realized by the GYAnI. Therefore, there is no
> >>(un)manifestation whatsoever, since there exists but
> >>the Self. This is as per the mANDUkya upanishhad and
> >>GauDapAda's kArikA on the same.
> >
> >As far as I know the mANDUkya upanishad, it does not seem to be saying
>that
> >creation is a dream though the kArikA speaks about it. But the actual
>
>You quite misunderstand ajAti-vAda if you take the statement "creation
>never happened" to mean "creation is a dream". A dream "happens," in the
>mind of the dreamer.
>
>Vidyasankar


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