[Advaita-l] neha nAnAsti kiMchana

[Jay Nelamangala]

Dear Kartik Jayanarayanan,

>That interpretation leads to the nonsensical equation
>of guNa = kriya = GYAna = etc. 

We are not solving algebraic equations here.

Watch out for Shruti before you call it nonsensical.

"parAsya shaktihi vividhaiva shrooyatE svAbhAvikI jnAna bala kriyA"
(Parabrahman's achintya-adbhtuta-shakti which is natural to Him,
 is expressed differently as His jnAna, His bala,  His kriyA  etc )

There are no distinctions in Brahman is correct. 

> 
> Since Brahman in advaita vedAnta is the Supreme
> Reality, it means there are no distinctions in
> Reality. 
> 
Brahman in dvaita and v.advaita is also Supreme Reality.

What do you mean no distinctions in Reality?
Advaita teaches pAramArthika satyatva, vyAvahArika satyatva,
prAtibhAsika satyatva etc.   
So, it is advaita that teaches distinctions in reality.
All other schools have only one - reality,  or its negation falsity. 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S Jayanarayanan" <sjayana at yahoo.com>
To: "advaita-l" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: [Advaita-l] neha nAnAsti kiMchana


> --- Jay Nelamangala <jay at r-c-i.com> wrote:
> 
> > What is the context of nEha nAnAsti kimchana?.  Do
> > you know?
> > 
> 
> BR^ihadaaraNyaka upanishhad (BU) 4.4.19 and kaTha
> upanishhad (KU) 2.1.11. I see you're using the KU. 
> 
> > The previous one says,
> > 
> 
> You mean two verses prior. You've quoted KU 2.1.9:
> 
> > "tam dEvaaha sarvE arpitAstadu nAtyEti kaschana"
> > 
> > what does "arpita" mean?  -  it means "fastened to",
> > "one which has
> > its roots in"
> > 
> 
> OK. 
> 
> [..]
> 
> > AchArya Madhwa correctly interprets this,  "Neha
> > nAnAsti kimchana"
> > as  in such a God in whom "sarvE devAha arpitAha"
> > has no svagata-bhEda.
> > 
> > There is no bhEda between one paramAtma-roopa and
> > another,
> > There is no bhEda between one guNa and other guNa of
> > parabrahman.
> > There is no bhEda between His guNa, kriya, jnAna,
> > bala, kriyA, ichchA etc
> > which is again very very consistent with other
> > upanishats.
> > 
> 
> That interpretation leads to the nonsensical equation
> of guNa = kriya = GYAna = etc. 
> 
> Here's how Shankara correctly interprets this verse:
> 
> iha - here, in Brahman, nAnA - diversity, kiMchana -
> even so little, na asti - does not exist. 
> "In Brahman, there are no distinctions *whatsoever*."
> 
> Since Brahman in advaita vedAnta is the Supreme
> Reality, it means there are no distinctions in
> Reality. 
> 
> The latter part of the same verse KU 2.1.11 speaks of
> one who sees distinctions:
> 
> mR^ityoH sa mR^ityum gachchhati ya iha nAneva pashyati
> .
> 
> He who sees diversity here (in Brahman, in Reality),
> goes from death to death (i.e. is only reborn again
> and again). 
> 
> -Kartik
> 
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