[Advaita-l] Why does anything exist at all

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste Sri Chandramouli

You are correct but only at a temporary level. If you read Gaudapaada
Karikas you can see there is no Creation and no Destruction also. Nothing
is created. Nothing is Born. Nothing dies. Only Brahman is there. It is
never Born. It never dies. It is not correct to say Brahman is creating
something.

But if someone says now there is Creation it must be Nothing only. Because
Nothing is created according to Gaudapaada.

If you say Brahman is Creator it will make Brahman the Author of this
Illusion. But Brahman cannot create Illusions. The Illusion is Maayaa only.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:52 AM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> 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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-Venkatesh