[Advaita-l] free will

[Shyam]

Pranams.
For a perspective on this 

http://www.adi-shankara.org/2008/04/free-will-determinism-prarabdha.html

and

http://www.adi-shankara.org/2009/08/free-will-vs-fate.html

Hari OM
Shri Gurubhyoh namah
Shyam

--- On Thu, 3/25/10, Milarepa <milarepa at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Milarepa <milarepa at comcast.net>
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> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 12:44 PM
> Hello Andreas:
> 
> The question of free will is one that I've pondered for a
> long time. I'm not new to Advaita but this is still a part
> of the teaching that I haven't resolved for myself.
> 
> Mark
> 
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> PranAm Anbu Sivam,
> 
> please excuse my late answer. 
> 
> Sri Vidyasankar gave to me the answer about the qualities
> from the student. I am not sure if the student will have the
> qualities from the very beginning or if he has to earn some
> of them while studying. But before I go on to ask, I will
> look for the commentary of Shankara when I stay in India in
> July. 
> 
> At the moment I think there is free will, but some time ago
> there was a discussion on the free will by some members of
> this list. Their discussion confused me a little. Sri
> Vidyasankar is right, I am just a beginner of this
> philosophy and some parts I didn´t understand till now. So
> I placed the question before the learned members of this
> list. If there is free will, no explanation is needed. But
> when you give a negative answer to the free will, the
> question arise, who takes the decision to become a student.
> The same question arise to all aspects where  a
> decision has to be done. But I didn´t have an answer to
> this question. Who takes the decision to become a student,
> if not the student ( aham) himself?
> 
> Thanking you 
> Andreas
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