[Advaita-l] Bondage and Liberation,Isitlogical or Illogical?

[sriram]

Dear Srikanta Narayanaswami
>From your post I understand that Advaita school views Maya as  an external 
one which subjects the jiva into samsara and Dwaita school views Maya as  an 
one which inheres in the jiva  and is called Vishnu Maya.Whether my 
understanding is correct?R.Krishnamoorthy.
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From: "Srikanta Narayanaswami" <srikanta.narayanaswami at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 1:37 PM
Subject: [Advaita-l] Bondage and Liberation,Isitlogical or Illogical?


In continuation of my reply on 9th Feb.to Sri.Subramaniam's response to my 
posting on 4th Feb.on the above topic,I hereby summarise my reply:
In his commentary on the Karika,"Anadimayaya suptah yada jivah 
prabhudhyate"Madhwacharya"means Maya as "Vishnu Maya".Sri.Subramaniam quotes 
Bhagawad Gita,Kathopanishat to explain that Maya/Iccha,and there is nothing 
wrong to call "Maya'as such.But,in the karika of Sri.Gaudapada,it is 
mentioned only."Anadi maya".Sri.Shankara explains what is this 'Anadi 
Maya"?This "AnadimYa'belongs to the "Jiva".This "Maya'has two fold 
"Lakshana".One is 'Tatvaapratibodha 
rupena"bijatmana,anyathagrahanalakshanena ca anadikalapravrttena 
Mayalakshanena svapena "Mama ayam pita,putroyam ,napta,ksetram 
,grham,pashavah,aham esham svami,sukhi,duhki,kshayitoham 
anena,vardhitasca,anena iti evam prakaran svapnan sthanadvayepi pashyan 
suptah,yada Vedntarthatatvaabhijnena parama karunikena Guruna "nasi evam 
tvam hetuphalatmakah kimtu "Tatvamasi"iti pratibhodhyamanah ,tada evam 
pratibhudhyate!

We see from the commentary of Sri.Shankara,the Mya which is beginningless 
cases the 'Jiva"to cause the non-apprehension(Tatvaapratibodharupa)which is 
in seedform(Bijatmana)and "Anyathagrahana lakshana"which is "anadikala 
pravrttena Mayalakshanena"as "Mama ayam pita,putroyam etc.
There is need to read "Vishnu Maya"as belonging to "Vishnu".This is in 
"Jiva"himself in "Atman".This is the important difference between 
Sri.Shankara's and Madhwacharya's explanation.It is also the essential and 
prominent difference between the 'Adwaita"and "Dwaita" schools.
N.Srikanta.
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