[Advaita-l] Fwd: What is 'aprAkRta' ?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com
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> Sri Subrahmanian had perhaps forgotten to reply and when prompted sent a
> reply to me individually. If no one disagrees, I will take it as the
> official position.
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> From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] What is 'aprAkRta' ?
> To: Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>
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>  On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Rajaram Venkataramani <
> rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >    I say this because in one place Kanchi Mahaperiyava, considered a
> >> stalwart advaitin by many, says that Nirguna Brahman is devoid of
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> >> does not mean it is nothing but that every thing is present in it as
> itself!
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> This is exactly what is meant by vivarta.
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Just adding a clarification: This is what is called the vedAnta sat-kArya
vAda as opposed to the saankhya sat kArya vAda.  In the latter the effects
exist in the cause prior to creation/manifestation as the effects.  In the
former case, however, the effects exist in the cause prior to manifestation
AS the CAUSE ITSELF.

v.subrahmanian

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