The Riddle of Fate and Free-Will

[Greg Goode]

At 09:27 AM 9/29/97 -0400, sadananda wrote:
>Sri Lakshmidhara kavi says in Advaita Makaranda:
>"mayeevodoti chidvyomni jagat gandharva pattanam"
>
>In me, the space of consciousness, raises the world of illusion - (since I
>am conscious of it).
>
>Both free will or lack of it are the notions in the mind.
>
>But the fact is
>
>"akartaaham abhoktaaham ahamevaayamavyayaH"
>
>I am neither doer nor enjoyer, I alone am, inexhaustible or infinite.
>
>But for a sadhak, who has the notion that the bondage is real, and he needs
>to get liberated, fate and free will are as real as ones bondage and
>liberation as two sides of the coin, and sadhana has a role to play as free
>will. This includes the notion that sanyasa is essential for liberation!.


These are beautiful quotes, pertinent, ring true for me, and actually serve
to end discussion in my mind on the issue.  Mind responds with "what
more can be said??"

Is Advaita Makaranda a text I can find somewhere??

Thanks,  Greg