[Advaita-l] Swami Nischalananda Saraswathi replies to ISKCON's claims of Advaita being a Mayavadi

[Keshava Mahadeva]

Thank you Subbu Ji.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 10:48 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> While saying that the 'Shakti' is admitted in Upanishads and Bh.Gita, the
> Swamiji mentioned the Srimadbhagavatam too.
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> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 7:50 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Keshava Mahadeva via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> In the below video, Swami Nischalananda Saraswathi gives fitting reply to
>>> ISKCON's claims of Advaita being a Mayavadi. The questioner quotes from
>>> Padma Purana the talk between Shiva and Devi.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN9KpDg9X0g
>>>
>>> I see a lot of positive comments and also a good number of likes which
>>> made
>>> me to think that he has given a fitting reply. I don't understand Hindi.
>>>
>>> Can someone translate to me what he says?
>>>
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>> The main points that emerge from his talk are:
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>>    - Advaita is Brahma sahita maayaa vaada and not brahma rahita maayaa
>>    vaada.  This means, Advaita admits maya as a shakti of Brahman.
>>    - This is amply validated in the Upanishads and Bh.Gita.
>>    - 'Indro maayaabhih puru rupa iyate' - Brahman, through maya takes
>>    many forms.  Br.Up. / Shvetashvatara
>>    - 'mayaa adhyakshena prakritih suuyate sa caraacaram..'  Bh.gita.
>>    With me as presiding consciousness, prakritis creates this world.
>>    - So, It is Brahma vaada along with shakti.  Without shakti Brahman
>>    cannot do anything.
>>    - Iskcon people have fused Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's doctrine with
>>    Madhvacharya's doctrine.
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>> (This is not from the video): Even Bhamati has termed Advaita, Mayavada.
>> This is with a purpose: The opponent schools of Vedanta, refuted in the
>> Brahma sutras, were all prapancha satya, jiva naanaatva vaadins. Sankhya,
>> vaisheshika, patanjala, nyaya, charvaka, etc.They did not accept the maya
>> of the upanishads for their doctrine.  Vedanta alone accepts maya of the
>> Upanishads. Hence to distinguish Vedanta from all others, the term mayavada
>> was used.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
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>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Keshava
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