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

[Praveen R. Bhat]

On 19 May 2016 12:41 am, "Srinath Vedagarbha via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> You are correct, all statements which seems to yield to alternate meanings
> must be reconciled (saManvaya) with other explicit shruti/smriti vAkya-s.
>
> For example:
>
>  paramOpaniShad explains (in the context of wherever/whenever shruti
> equates this jagat to dream) on how one must understand such sentences as
> --
>
> "anitva vikAritva pAratantraAdi rUpataH | svapnAdi sAMyam jagatO, na tu
> bhOdha nirvatyAtA | sarvajnasya yatO vishNuH  sarva dvaita pratIyatE |
> bhOdhAsahaM tato naitat kMtvAjnAvashamasya hi"
>
> Wherever this world is said to be akin to dream in shAstras, it has to be
> understood not as something which is "nirvatya" or mithya .  It is said so
> because both are similar in sense of their anityatva, vikAritva and
> pAratantryatva. When this dvaita jagat is in Vishnu's knowledge (pratIti)
> and since He is sarvajna, how can His knowdge is brAnti and how can this
> jagt be mithya?
>
>

True, adhikAribheda calls for this samanvayA too. One who is fit for
dvaitajnAna should have this exact understanding for his karma, upAsana,
etc. Else he will have confusion thus: I am satya, Vishnu is satya, how can
jagat be mithyA?!

He should continue that. And the instruction by Bhagavan Krishna is to
encourage them:

न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।

gurupAdukAbhyAm
--Praveen