[Advaita-l] Advaita-The Vedanta.

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Srikanta Narayanaswami <
srikanta.narayanaswami at yahoo.com> wrote:

> .First of all,in the first chapter of his "Sri Bhashya"he quotes from
> "Gaudapada's Karikas on Mandukyopanishad,he quotes the Karika 16 of the
> "Agama Prakarana"
>
> "Anadi mayaya supto yada jivah prabudhyate!
> Ajam anidram asvapnam advaitam budhyate tada!!"
>

Sir,

Does the SrIbhAshya give the reference of the above verse as from the
Gaudapada kArikA?  This is because, for instance, the Madhva school takes
this and other kArikA-s found in that prakaraNa as the Mandukya shruti
itself.  Some kArikA-s from this parakaraNa have been cited as 'shruti' by
Advaita Acharyas too.  That apart, the term 'mAyA' and 'advaita' could mean
something else for non-Advaitic schools.  For example in the Madhwa
commentary the term 'mAyA' here means 'Ishwara icchA' and the explanation
is: jivas are in samsara because of IshwarecchA and come out of samsara due
to the same IshwarecchA.

I think Ramanuja believed that only adhyAsa cannot be there.

Regards
subrahmanian.v

>
> If Ramanuja believed that there is no maya or avidya,why did he quote from
> the Karikas?
> More over,the word "Advaitam"clearly establishes that Advaita is
> Paramartha which supports Adi Shankara's siddhanta.
> There are many evidences in his bhashya that he was a "karma
> revivalist"despite many statements in the Sruthi tests which clearly
> condemns "Karma".
> N.Srikanta.
>
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