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[Kaushik Chevendra]

Namaste.

On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 9:17 AM, Vishesh Bhat <visheshlives at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for that helpful answer. I agree with most of what you say.
> However dusta shikshana and shista rakshana is a bit confusing. Even at the
> vyaharika level, if a good person is undergoing suffering, isnt it just his
> Prarabdha karma?
>

Yes. A disease is also something that is caused by prarabdha, now should we
remove doctors? Or should doctors stop trying to treat the patient? If a
dog is stuck on the road and a car is coming, will you leave it saying it’s
his prarabdha karma. Everyone needs to do their duties, and isvara also has
his duty of shista rakshana etc.

>

why does Brahman intervene as an avatara to establish a certai type of
> order, i.e. an order defined by Dharma?
>

Isvara avatara is not only for dharma. It’s also so that devotees of lord
can worship and listen to his leelas. This is the main reason isvara takes
a form.

I think a probable confusion here is how does Advaita interpret Dharma
> itself?
>

Dharma is what shastra defines as dharma. Not a favourable setup.

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