[Advaita-l] Re: liilaa and brahma

[Sylvain]

I think you are reducing everything to two:
> 1) Brahman
> 2) liilaa.
> But doesn't advaita mean not-two?

This is not the case.  I see liilaa, maayaa, avidyaa as manifestations of 
brahman.

Sylvain

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From: "S Jayanarayanan" <sjayana at yahoo.com>
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> --- Sylvain <elisabeth-sylvain at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Namaste everyone.
>>
>> The points 4 and 5 (see below) are not clear for me.
>>
>> I think we experience relative reality because of the lIlAA
>> (lEElAA), the
>> divine play, or the veil of ignorance, or mAyA. All synonyms to me.
>>  What do
>> you think about this point of view ?
>>
>
> I think you are reducing everything to two:
> 1) Brahman
> 2) liilaa.
>
> But doesn't advaita mean not-two?
>
> According to advaita, avidyA should not exist. Post-Sankaran
> advaitins say that avidyA cannot be declared to be real or unreal -
> i.e. it is anirvachanIya or "indescribable".
>
>> Sylvain
>>
>
> -Kartik
>
>
>
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