[Advaita-l] Is the concept of maya essential to explain advaita?

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

I am sure it is the principle of parsimony in choosing an argument
with no force over argument with force :)

On 26/01/2012, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Namaste
>
> The problem is like this. A small boy is playing round marbles on the
> ground having ups and downs. For that reason the marbles are not
> moving in straight lines but curves. A man is standing on a tall tower
> trying to explain the marble motion. He is saying there is this force
> and that force pulling the marbles to one side and another side. A
> very complicated explanation. But there is another man standing near
> the boy and he can explain the marble motion very easily without using
> any force at all. It is the nature of the ground making the marbles go
> in curves. When we have a complicated theory and a simple explanation
> the simple explanation is preferred but not the complicated. There is
> no force.
>
> Like this no Maya force is necessary to explain the world. The
> appearance of the Dvaita Prapancha is because we are seeing only the
> reflection but not the real object Brahman. If we see Brahman we will
> know the Dvaita Prapancha is only a reflection.
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:54 AM, kuntimaddi sadananda
> <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Shree Rajaram - PraNAms
>>
>> With due respects, Shri Balasubramanian has not recognized that his own
>> existence and the words he stated cannot be explained without maaya. Maya
>> is a force that makes one to appear as many. any change of state requires
>> a force and forces has locus - this the fundamental law of physics. It is
>> like stating I do not need gravitational force to explain apple falling
>> down. For one to become many there has to be a driving force. Maaya in
>> vedanta comes since all pervading consciousness is appearing as inert
>> entities - which is impossible on a realistic scale. Hence maaya is
>> defined as aghaTita ghaTanaa paTiiyasii - that which makes impossible
>> possible.
>>
>> Hari Om!
>> Sadananda
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 1/25/12, Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Rajaram:  Shri R. Balasubramanian has also stated that the concept of
>>> Maya
>>> is not required as stated at the start of the thread.
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