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

श्रीमल्ललितालालितः lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com
Fri May 13 00:12:57 CDT 2016


this clarification was needed as a part of original post. this was
spreading untested ideas.
On 13-May-2016 9:38 am, "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Swamiji,
> There may be several vAdas that are together grouped under drishti srishti.
>
> My statement was referring to the version of drishti srishti vAda  that
> was popularlised by PrakAshAnanda. My understanding is that this does
> indeed imply eka jIva vAda. If that itself is not true, I'm open to being
> corrected.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
> On 13 May 2016 1:28 a.m., "श्रीमल्ललितालालितः" <
> lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com> wrote:
>
>> ​Yes, I know about those statements.
>> But, they are not correct if they are trying to limit dRRiShTisRRiShTi to
>> ekajIvavAda, is my understanding.
>>
>> These conclusions were reached when I was commenting on non-acceptance of
>> sattA-traya in bhAmatI's view.​
>>
>>
>> *श्रीमल्ललितालालितः*www.lalitaalaalitah.com
>>
>> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
>>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.​
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *श्रीमल्ललितालालितः*www.lalitaalaalitah.com
>>>>
>>>
>>


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