[Advaita-l] On Srishti

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Theories of Creation can only be considered in terms of adhyaropa/apavada.
The purpose of sruti is only to teach the identity of jiva as the Absolute,
not some actual bhavarupa creation. AJ Alston, Sankara Sourcebook cpt 7p
215:

"In the same way, the doctrine that, having created the world,
the Absolute ‘entered’ it as the principle of life and consciousness
is not to be taken as a statement of historical fact, but as a pictorial
representation of the truth that the Absolute is already manifest in
the world-appearance, in the sense that it is the only reality in it.
Both the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of the ‘entry’ of the
Absolute into its own creation have to be viewed in a wider context
and seen as part of the process of gradually conveying to the pupil
a notion of his own true nature by the method of false attribution
and subsequent denial."

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 9:03 AM Shrinivas Gadkari via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> The Crimson Universe wrote:
> "What's the difference between adi purusha and viraja?"
>
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> Namaste,
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> Please refer to the July 2019 message for some more details on this topic
> (based on my understanding) - I keep stressing this point so that no one
> takes information I post as something that has come to me from some
> formal paramparA. I am formally only into technology and science.
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2019-July/052848.html
>
> Regards,
> Shrinivas Gadkari
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