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

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste
Exactly the verse I was thinking about and wondering how Madhvacharya or
other dvaitins would accommodate it.

Amritabindu Upanishad:

 न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः ।
 न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥॥   cited by Gaudapada in the
Mandukya Karika.


On Sat 14 Jul, 2018, 7:04 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Srinath ji,
>
> What you have said below is forgetting that Advaita holds that shakti as
> mithya; not having an existence of its own. So, Brahman is always
> nirvishesha.  The Shakti is assumed by Vedanta solely for the purpose of
> explaining the perceived duality, samsara, bandha, moksha.  It is a case of
> 'adhyaropa' by the shaastra.  Its apavada is also done by the shastra
> itself.  So, when it is said 'shakti sahita' , that shakti is superimposed
> by the shastra on Brahman. When it is said 'mayaa adhyakshena prakriti
> suuyate...', the 'adhyakshatva' is passive presence of Brahman as mere
> consciousness and no active role is admitted in advaita. 'svabhaavastu
> pravartate.'   Brahman is incapable of doing anything for the Upanishad
> teaches it has no prana, no manas, no body, etc. It is solely dependent on
> that prakriti for creation, etc. All the ananta kalyana gunas assumed in
> Brahman are a contribution of that shakti.  This can be inferred from the
> fact that not a single of that ananta gunas is unrelated to either jagat or
> jiva. Thus, all the ananta gunas in Brahman are jagat-jiva dependent and
> not a single guna can be shown exclusively of Brahman.
>
>  Amritabindu Upanishad:
>
>  न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः ।
>  न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥॥   cited by Gaudapada in the
> Mandukya Karika.
>
> There is no creation, no dissolution, none bound, no aspirant, none
> liberated. This is the absolute truth.
>
> regards
> vs
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:48 AM, Srinath Vedagarbha via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Although I am not arguing for Iskonites, but would like to express some
> > philosophical points;
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 10:59 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > That makes Brahman saviShESha Brahman. Sri.Swamiji seems to forget
> Advaita
> > holds atyanta-nirviShEsha Brahmn.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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