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

[Keshava Mahadeva]

Does he talk about the verse from Padma Purana?

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:00 PM Keshava Mahadeva <
keshava.mahadeva143 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> vs
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 7:50 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Keshava Mahadeva via Advaita-l <
>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The main points that emerge from his talk are:
>>>
>>>
>>>    - 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.
>>>
>>> (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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Keshava
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