[Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

PraNAms

The Geeta statement is - mayaadhyakshena prakRitiH suuyate sa charaacharam. - prakRiti is the same as maayaa - maayantu prakRitiH vidyaat. 
maaya is parameswara shakti -  avyaktanaamnee paramesha shakti, anaadyavidyaa triguNaatmikaaparaa, kaaryanumeyaa sudhiyaiva maayaa, yayaa jagat sarvam idam prasuuyate - says Vivekchudamani. 
Shakti has to be located. one become many involves a force since there a change of state. bahusyaam prajaayeyeti - He wanted to become many and became many - hence the adhishTaanam of including jada is Iswara only. 

About non-existence - in Chadogya sad vidya this was pointed by Uddalaka - After saying existence alone was there before creation, he further says - some say the non-existence was there before - that is non-existence was existing - How can that be - it is contradiction in statement. Hence the upanishad itself rejects the argument.

Hari Om!
Sadananda


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On Mon, 12/15/14, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all
 To: "Venkatesh Murthy" <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Monday, December 15, 2014, 1:22 AM
 
 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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