[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Caricature of Advaita, Shankaracharya, etc. by the Gaudiya head

[V Subrahmanian]

The non-Advaitic schools give names such as 'Achintya-adbhuta-shakti of the
Lord' for this very same power.

regards
subbu

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 7:42 PM Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> As per Advaita, maya is anirvachaniya. Not explicable at all in any
> rational way. To explain this, a famous story is given. An arrow of unknown
> origin strikes a person lost in the woods somewhere. Would that person take
> the arrow out of his chest and try to revive himself or think about where
> did the arrow come from and at what angle? or is the arrow made of wood
> with an iron tip or tungsten carbide??".
>
> Obviously, the answer is he has to fix the problem and survive first.
> Similarly, we in samsara should find a way out of this first.
>
> In fact a simple answer given in the upanishads is:
>
> भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः ।
> क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे ॥ ८ ॥
>
> bhidyate hṛdayagranthiśchidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ |
> kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi tasmindṛṣṭe parāvare || 8 ||
>
> 8.
> <
> https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/mundaka-upanishad-shankara-bhashya/d/doc145117.html#page-59
> >When
> he that is both high and low is seen, the knot of the heart is untied; all
> doubts are solved; and all his *karma* is consumed.
>
> This verse states, in other words, not all logical questions can be
> answered. We should focus on how to see the ONE, by seeing whom, all
> problems are solved.
>
> namaste.
>
>
>
>
> *Best Regards,*
>
> *Krishna Kashyap*
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 4:27 PM Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > praNAms
> > Hare Krishna
> >
> > My blunt observations to your multiple questions :
> >
> > My apologies for wading into this discussion and hijacking it. But as a
> > student of Advaita, I have failed to explain to anyone who has asked me,
> >
> > where does Maya come from?
> >
> >
> >   *   It is anivachaneeya (inexplicable), contextually sometime termed as
> > Ishwara shakti and there is no difference between this shakti & shakta.
> > mAya is Ishwarya of Lord.
> >
> > I understand asking why Maya exists is wrong as Maya is unreal, so the
> > question of existence is moot.
> >
> >
> >   *   As mentioned above we cannot categorically say it is either real or
> > unreal.
> >
> > But what is the need for this transactional/Vyavaharika reality in the
> > first place?
> >
> >
> >   *   To realize the transcendental reality the transactional reality is
> > the platform 😊 which we have to ‘use’ unfortunately.
> >
> > I see the cycle of Jiva as a result of Karma but Karma is valid when in
> > the Jiva cycle. What is the purpose of the Jiva cycle itself ?
> >
> >
> >   *   The purpose (purushArtha) is to realize we are beyond this cycle (
> > i.e. ajaH, nityaH etc.)
> >
> > I thought at first Srishti "is" because without that there can be no
> > experience of anything, but then the question arises if Srishti is the
> > result of a desire in Brahman to "experience".
> >
> >
> >   *   Srushti is for jeeva, who has to experience his karma phala in the
> > jagat, Ishwara does this for the sake of jeeva and accepting that srushti
> > is from Ishwara is ‘vedAnta maryAda’.  And all these prakriya-s
> > (methodologies) are there to teach us the ultimate shruti siddhAnta i.e.
> > ekamevAdviteeyatvaM of Atman which is our own svarUpa.
> >
> > That is also a confusing thought as Brahman can have no desire. Please
> > help me understand.
> >
> >
> > Ø     See the sUtra bhAshya, bhAshyakAra explained all these doubts.
> >
> > Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> > bhaskar
> >
> >
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