[Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all

[H S Chandramouli]

No sir. Advaita Sidhanta is very clear on this. Maaya is jada and
cannot/does not  create on its own. Brahman/Consciousness/Atman is
responsible for Creation. Since Brahman is presented as Actionless on its
own, Maaya is presented as the intermediary which acts with the
backing/blessings of Brahman and is considered as the Shakti/Power of
Brahman. Its status of existence  is considered Anirvachaniya because it
cannot be apprehended directly but its existence  is inferred from the
effect ( Creation ).

There are a number of Sutras in BS in this regard for which the Bhashya is
very clear. I presume there is really no need to enumerate them here again.

Regards

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> 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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