[Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

Creation cannot be from Shunya or Nothing. Because if Universe is created
from Nothing the Universe also will be Shunya only. This is coming from Sat
Karya Vada. The Effect and Cause cannot be different.

The Universe is NOT Shunya but Maayaa only. Maayaa is the Creator. Brahman
is not Creator. Brahman cannot Create or Destroy anything. If Brahman
creates Universe the Universe will be Paramartha Satya but it is not the
case.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:20 AM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> 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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Regards

-Venkatesh