[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda - eka jeeva vaada

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Swamiji,

I was basing the statement on-

1) Madhusudana Sarasvati' comment in Siddhanta Bindu:

"mukhyo vedAnta siddhAnta ekajIvavAdAkhya: | imameva
drishTisrishTivAdamAchakshate"

2) VAsudeva Brahmendra Sarasvati's comment to the Sanskrit anuvAda of
VichAra SAgara:

"asmin drishti srishti vAde....svAvidyaya jIvabhAvamApannasya brahmaNa
ekatvAdeka eva jIvo$Ngikriyate"

Your comments on VAchaspati Mishra's view of jIvAshrita avidyA leading to
drishti srishti, are very interesting. I hadn't considered that - maybe the
usage of "does imply" in the sentence you are referring to needs to be
revised.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan
On 12 May 2016 2:37 p.m., "श्रीमल्ललितालालितः" <
lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> I believe DSV
>> does imply eka jIva vAda.
>>
>
> ​This belief has loose foundation.
> vAchaspati-mishra is accepted as nAnA-jIva-vAdI, but as in his view the
> aGYAnam is jIvAshritam, so the creation is also of jIva. Hence, his view is
> considered as dRRiShTi-sRRiShTi.
> Some essays are available.
> One scholar, who is part of BVP, is also working on this subject.​
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