[Advaita-l] I am Alone in the Universe?

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Eka Jiva Vada provides a doctrinal framework in which Bahu Jiva Vada can fit in. They are not mutually exclusive. Madhusudana adopts Eka Jiva Vada. It is useful to accommodate eternal bhakti and re-appearance of the same jnani across kalpas. 
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From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
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Namaste

The realizing of I am Alone is not after they have got Jnana but
before. He thinks I am Alone. The people in the world are in my dream.
God is in my dream. The Shastras are in my dream. I have to follow
dream Shastra rules. The Guru is in my dream. I have to get
instructions from dream Guru to end this dream. Then I will become
liberated.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Subramanian Balachandran
<suba42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> NamasthE,
>
> The conception of Eka Jeeva is as follows:
>
> The NirguNa ParaBrahman in the dimensionless state has created this
> Universe with hundreds of dimensions, out of ITself, . Hence there is
> nothing in this Universe other than the Brahman ITself.
>
> As Maandukya Upanishadh says Eka Aathma Prathyaya Saaram - There is only
> one Aathman - Brahman in this Universe and IT has created this Universe
> with trillions of entities out of ITself.
>
> But this can not be put to everybody,. An ordinary entity will invariably
> see all the other entities as different from itself.
> Only the REALIZED persons know that every Aathman is Brahman and hence
> there is nothing but the Brahman in this Universe. So this Universe with
> trillions of stars and galaxies itself is an apparition. So we are all in
> the dream state of the Brahman and when we wake up, we realize that "I the
> Brahman am alone".
>
> Best Regards,
>
> B.Subramanian.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
> sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste,
>>
>> Why should anybody who does not agree with those advaitins, who think they
>> are alone, bother them. If they already realised they are all alone, why
>> should do they need guru any more?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sunil KB
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>  From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
>> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
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>> Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 7:53 AM
>> Subject: [Advaita-l] I am Alone in the Universe?
>>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Some Advaitis have accepted the Eka Jeeva Vada. This is saying I am
>> Alone in the Universe. The people in the world are only in my dream
>> not real. They are not different Jeevas but my dream creations. God is
>> also my dream creation. Even they say if a Guru comes and gives
>> instructions he is also in my dream only. He is teaching me in my
>> dream. But question is how can anyone take the Guru seriously if he is
>> only a dream creation? How can there be liberation without taking Guru
>> seriously?
>>
>> In Wikipedia
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism#Advaita_Vedanta
>>
>> They have said Advaita is different from this Solipsism. How is the
>> Eka Jeeva Vada different from Solipsism?
>>
>> Some say there is proof for I am Alone in the Universe. They are
>> searching for earth like planet with life but they have not found it.
>> We are alone in the Universe. Like this in the world also I am alone.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> -Venkatesh
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