[Advaita-l] Which one is first in the creation sequence

[V Subrahmanian]

In the first volume of the book 'srIdakShiNAmUrtistotram' the topic of
kAla, Time is dealt in very great detail with a number of citations and
explanations (p.324 to 341).

  kAla is मायात्मसंबन्धः that is, when there comes about a 'connection'
(which, however, is AdhyAsika only)  between avidyA and Chit (Pure
consciousness), there happens all that samsAra is and anything  happens in
time. In the sUtasamhitA 1.8.20, etc. verses, the topic of kAla is
discussed.  Swami Vidyaranya, in his commentary on these says, among many
things, this:

वक्ष्यति ह्युत्तरखण्डे - ’कालो मायात्मसंबन्धः सर्वसाधारणात्मकः’ इति
।...मायावदनादिरप्यसौ तदधीननिरूपणतया...

One can gain much by reading the cited pages in that book, and the
sUtasamihtA portions shown above.  If someone can pl. scan the pages cited
by me above and upload here, it would be of great benefit for all since it
is in English along with original quotations.

subrahmanian.v


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 3:06 PM, श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <
lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com> wrote:

> If you wish to know the view of tradition, it is :
> avidyA is kAla.
> So says shrI madhusUdana sarasvatI :
> कालस्त्वविद्यैव , तस्या एव सर्व्वाधारत्वात् इति ।
> kAlastvavidyaiva, tasyA eva sarvAdhAratvAt iti.
>
> As avidyA is upAdhi of Ishvara, hence we say that Ishvavra is kAla and this
> fits gItA-vAkyam.
>
> Rest is on those, who are involved in talks.....
>
>
> *श्रीमल्ललितालालितः *www.lalitaalaalitah.com
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Sri Sadanda
> > There is a subtle difference between Kala and other objects enumerated as
> > His vibhuthis .Kala is not an object.It is a substratum in whose
> background
> > events are perceived to happen.So I think Kala is simultaneous with
> > Brahman.Or we can say He became Time also.R.Krishnamoorthy.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On 02-Mar-2014, at 8:54 am, kuntimaddi sadananda <
> > kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > On Sat, 3/1/14, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear
> > > In the Bhagavad Gita The Lord says that He is
> > > Time.Kalosmi........So there is no question of creation of
> > > time.It is anadhi.R.Krishnamoorthy.
> > >
> > > Krishnamoorthy - PraNAms  - In the 10th Ch. of Geeta in describing some
> > of his many vibhuti's He says I am many things - including I am
> dhananjaya.
> > Creation involves He becoming many - Otherwise there is no creation.
> Hence
> > when he says I am kaala it is not mean that kaala was not created. Any
> > cause-effect relation provides the kaala. since cause supersedes the
> effect.
> > >
> > > Hari Om!
> > > Sadananda
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