[Advaita-l] Debunking Drishti-Srishti Vada and Eka Jiva Vada - part 1

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Venkatraghavanji,

Apologies for answering a question asked to Subbuji...

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> ​​
>
> Could the order not be: 1) I see creation. 2) What I see is an appearance
> 3) Therefore there is no creation 4) I am all there is.
>

1 is SDV.
​2+3 = DSV.
4 is moksha.


> Once I conclude that what is seen is an appearance, why is it
>
necessary to attribute an causal agent for that appearance? If no causal
> agency is needed, there is no necessity for drishTa srishTi to follow
> srishTa drishTi before moksha.
>

​Ergo, Subbuji's statement is right.

gurupAdukAbhyAm,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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