[Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste. As per advaita sidhanta, Creation is not from Nothing nor from
Maaya either. Creation is from Brahman only, but only an Appearence in
Brahman. Meaning thereby that it has a lower level of Reality as compared
to Brahman itself. Maaya is considered as an intermediary step between
Brahman and Creation and of the same order of Reality as Creation. For
purposes of analysis , It is formally considered as the source for Creation
( instead of Brahman ) since it is of the same level of Reality and lends
itself to be easily integrated into any analysis of Creation. Loosely
worded explanation of course.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:13 AM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> शब्दजालं महारण्यं चित्तभ्रमणकारणम्
>
> We have to understand what the scientists mean by nothing.
>
> There is an "achala paripurNa" school in Andhra which calls reality as
> "batta bayalu" = open space.
> They also call it as nothing.
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:53 AM, Swami Sarvabhutananda via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > How can something come from nothing!
> > On 14 Dec 2014 22:09, "Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l" <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste,
> > >
> > > http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141106-why-does-anything-exist-at-all
> > >
> > > This article is saying -
> > >
> > > 'Their admittedly controversial answer is that the entire universe,
> from
> > > the fireball of the Big Bang to the star-studded cosmos we now inhabit,
> > > popped into existence from nothing at all. It had to happen, they say,
> > > because "nothing" is inherently unstable.'
> > >
> > > In Advaita we say the Universe is produced by Maayaa. But Maayaa is not
> > > Nothing. It is Not Sat and Not Asat also. Science is still lagging
> behind
> > > Advaita because Scientists are saying Universe is arising from Nothing.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > -Venkatesh
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