[Advaita-l] Why did Brahman create the world?

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Raghav Ji,

Reg  <<But it's still possible for the shuddha
anatahkaraNam, when exposed to the mahAvAkya teaching to resolve in to it's
source and own up "i am brahman" by way of laxyArtham of that mahAvAkya.

The mystery of creation remains but the mind's doubts about AtmA and the
sources of sorrow are destroyed thereby>>,

I don’t think so. Mundaka 2-2-9

<<भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः ।
क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे ॥ ९ ॥>>

clearly mentions removal of all doubts, and that includes The mystery of
creation. And in my understanding, that is the ONLY way such a doubt is
erased.
Regards

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 7:23 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> I was just the thinking it would be helpful to see the sAyaNa bhAShya for
> that particular Rk mantra को अद्धा वेद क इह प्रवोचत् । कुत आजाता कुत इयं
> विसृष्टिः  and you posted it.
>
> Thank you for that Praveen ji.
>
> Prima facie, it's an arthavAda for durviGYetvam of jagatkAraNam.
>
> But there is also a hetu given  for the invalidity (anupapannatvam) of the
> mind trying to know how creation started viz.,
> यद्भौतिकं सर्जनं सृष्टिस्तेनार्वागर्वाचीनाः कृताः। भूतसृष्टेः पश्चाज्जाता
> इत्यर्थः।
> viz., an entity (possessed of mind etc) which was necessarily created later
> in the sequence of creation, will find it impossible to conceptually
> visualise how his own creation happened.
>
> Then what is the Advaita teaching all about. I understand it to be - "the
> mind cannot do viShayIkaraNam (objectification or a concrete
> conceptualization) of jagatkAraNam and how it 'evolved' in the initial
> stages to "become" jagat. But it's still possible for the shuddha
> anatahkaraNam, when exposed to the mahAvAkya teaching to resolve in to it's
> source and own up "i am brahman" by way of laxyArtham of that mahAvAkya.
>
> The mystery of creation remains but the mind's doubts about AtmA and the
> sources of sorrow are destroyed thereby.
>
>
> Namaste
>
> Raghav
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