[Advaita-l] Why was the illusory universe generated at the first place?

[akhanda]

Gaudapaadaachaarya says in the Maandukya Kaarikaa:

It is Brahman's very nature to create the universe.

Anil (Gidwani)

On 24-Mar-2016 9:12 PM, "advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org via 
advaita-l-bounces"@lists.advaita-vedanta.org wrote:
>  From : H.N.Sreenivasa MurthyPranams to all.
> Dear members,
>        The only source from whom one can get an authentic answer is from Brahman Himself. I request someone amongst you to meet Brahman, and get the answer to this question and then share it with others. Thanking you in advance,
> With sAShTAMganamaskArams,Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>
>        From: R Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>   To: Shashwata Shastri <shashwata.unimas at gmail.com>; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>   Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2016 1:51 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why was the illusory universe generated at the first place?
>     
> Dear
> Maya is just avidhya which veils the true understanding of the Jagath.That
> is Jagath is perceived by Jiva's senses.Jiva is Brahman only.Why this
> Brahman which is Jiva itself should have this false understanding of the
> Jagath?There is no Jagath as such.This illusion is because of avidhya or
> maya.Why Maya should make Jiva think or perceive theJagath?This question is
> answered as follows.Brahman is the only sath or Truth.Jagath is illusory or
> Mithya.There is nothing like Maya.It is the term used to denote the
> unexplainable factor which causes this false understanding.May be due to
> the defective faculties which are endowed with the Jiva.We can not find out
> why so?It is not going to serve any purpose as solving an equation.
> Jiva=Brahman +Avidhya[Maya] Jagath is not a creation by Brahman.It is just
> an illusion or Mithya.If the Jiva understands this it is liberation.It is
> not ever bounded but thinks as bounded.
> Hope this gives some clarity.And this is my understanding.I may be wrong
> also.Lastly Advaita is treating the whole manifestation of the world
> universe ,living beings and inert matters etc as just Mithya only.
> R.Krishnamoorthy.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Shashwata Shastri via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> What is this Maya? Where does it come from? Why was Avidya there at the
>> first place? Brahman is the one and absolute. My question is, why this
>> spark of imperfection in the perfect? Without Brahman there can be no
>> existence of Maya itself. But what is the relation between Maya and
>> Brahman? It is not like the Brahman, it is not even same as Brahman, it
>> can not exist without Brahman, it is not something which can be identified
>> as the opposite of Brahman either. But we need to admit that it did
>> generate from Brahman. If it is from Brahman then why it was there on the
>> first place (Again same question)? Why depended existence of ignorance in
>> absolute and pure Brahman?
>>
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