[Advaita-l] Omniscient Lord and free will.

[V Subrahmanian]

That the Atman is a non-doer, a passive witness, and that everything is
done, happens, due to Maya, is brought out in these twin-verses of the
Bh.Gita 5th Chapter:

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।
न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥ १४ ॥

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।
अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥ १५ ॥

regards
subbu



On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:49 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Venkat ji
> Thank you for that reply.
>
> Ishvara being karma-phalAdhyakSha has a similar implication.
>
> Since karma produces results without visible causal connexions between
> karma and phala, Ishvara being the intelligent (non-jaDa) universal witness
> of everything "blesses" (being the 'anumantA') the law of karma to function
> to dispense the phalas at a later time and place.
>
> Om
>
> Raghav
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul, 2021, 3:54 am Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste,
> > Ishvara knows everything in all periods of time not because it is
> > predestined or people lack free will, rather He directly perceives the
> > past, present and future continuously.
> >
> > Me seeing someone's actions in the present does not mean that I have
> > influence over their actions or they lack free will in acting the way
> they
> > do. I am merely a witness to their actions.
> >
> > The same principle applies for Ishvara's omniscience and individual free
> > will in all time and space.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Venkatraghavan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021, 20:29 Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste.
> > > If isvara is omniscient then he knows every action committed by
> everyone.
> > > Then if he knows what will happen, then where is the free will as it's
> > > already predestined.
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